Arla Foods amba milk price
Arla Foods amba is reducing its owner on-account price by €1.25 cents per kg, with effect from 4 August 2014. When applied through the pricing mechanism, this reduction equates to an overall 0.94 pence reduction in Arla’s UK standard litre price, taking the standard litre to 31.58 pence. The adjustment is made up of a […]
Increased new entrants to the dairy industry promising for agriculture in Wales
An increase in the number of new entrants to the dairy sector, have been described as extremely positive for the industry by the Farmers’ Union of Wales today. “With the abolition of milk quotas in 2015, new entrants will have a positive starting platform and this has been recognised by the almost 200 new dairy […]
Sustainable Dairy
In this first week of July, major players of the dairy sector have launched in Brussels the work on the Dairy Environmental Footprint Pilot (‘DAIRY PEF’), which will give results on environmental footprints for dairy products by mid-2016. The DAIRY PEF will develop both, a specific methodology – known as Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules […]
Sleep tight, eat cheese for tea tonight!
Cheese lovers can sleep easy tonight, as the British Cheese Board has unveiled the results of a study which debunks the age old myth popularised in A Christmas Carol*, that eating cheese before bed gives you nightmares. In fact, the results indicate that cheese may even give some people a more pleasant night’s sleep! The […]
Dairy key to athletes diet and nutrition say experts
Three time Olympian Goldie Sayers and HSBC Sevens World Series star Dan Norton were among the guest speakers of The Dairy Council’s Evening of Sport and Dairy in London. The evening featured a presentation from Professor Stuart M. Phillips from McMaster University, Canada, on the role of milk as a sports recovery product while Great […]
Great opportunities signal bright future for UK dairy
Giving his address at the Dairy UK Annual Dinner in London, Mr Keane spoke to leading politicians and industry representatives about the way forward for the dairy industry in the global market. He noted that the strong upward trend in dairy consumption worldwide presented UK dairy companies and farmers with an unprecedented range of opportunities. […]
Raise a glass to celebrate World Milk Day
Milk lovers from across the globe will be raising a pinta this Sunday (June 1) to celebrate the nutritional benefits of the white stuff on World Milk Day. Since 2001 when the first World Milk Day was proposed by FAO (the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations), June 1st has become the day […]
Arla adjusts its milk price for its non-owners
Arla Foods is reducing its milk price for its direct supplying farmers by 1.5ppl, with effect from 1 July 2014. Commenting on the adjustment, Ash Amirahmadi, Arla head of milk and member services, said: “This takes Arla’s direct standard litre to 32 pence, with no further deductions to be made, and continues to be one […]
World’s largest fresh milk dairy is officially opened by Secretary of State
Today, the Secretary of State for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, The Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP, officially opened Arla’s £150 million fresh milk processing facility located in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, with a capacity to produce 1.5 million bottles a day. The dairy, which is the most technologically advanced and efficient of its […]
