Further First Milk Price Cuts August 28, 2015 12:00 am First Milk has announced further price drops from 1st September. The four manufacturing pools will be paid 0.3ppl less than last month on their A milk (which is calculated as 80% of the previous year’s volume) and the three balancing pools will face drops of 0.2ppl. Farmgate prices will now range from 17.30ppl to 19.37ppl.