OMSCo beefs up organic milk awareness drive with third wave campaign
The Organic Milk Suppliers Co-operative (OMSCo) which represents over 200 farms in the UK will be continuing to urge consumers to ‘get wise’ to organic milk. The campaign will run till 20th October and reach 9 million adults. Commenting on the third wave of the campaign, OMSCo Chief Operating Officer, Richard Hampton, said: “OMSCo is […]
Dairy farming champion picks up FUW/HSBC award
On behalf of the judges, Welsh Dairy Show chairman Lynn Davies said it had been an extremely difficult task to choose the winner as the nominations submitted were of an extremely high standard with several worthy of the award. Together with the other judges, FUW Carmarthen county chairman Catherine Nakielny and HSBC agricultural manager Sarah […]
AFMP recognises its cream of the crop
To win the award, AFMP members had to give examples of business progression, breeding and forage management as well as demonstrate how their farm was protecting the natural environment. In the past five years, Adam has boosted cow numbers from 140 to 240 and built a free stall barn, which alongside the new milking parlour has dramatically improved […]
FUW visit to excellent Montgomeryshire family farm
The farm walk at Maesmochnant, Llanrhaeadr Ym Mochnant, Oswestry, was hosted by the Vaughan family and FUW county chairman Alwyn Vaughan welcomed the union’s deputy president Glyn Roberts, North Wales’ finance and organisation committee special member Eifion Huws and national milk and dairy produce committee chairman Dei Davies to his farm. At the beginning of […]
NFU calls on EU to deliver for dairy farmers’ future
NFU dairy board chairman Mansel Raymond made his comments in Brussels today (Tuesday) at a high level dairy conference attended by over 400 stakeholders representing EU institutions, industry, research and national governments. Dairy farmer Mr Raymond, also chairman of the EU farmers’ organisation Copa-Cogeca dairy working group, focused on several key areas where European policy […]
Billy Keane re-elected Dairy UK Chairman
In his Chairman’s Address to the Dairy UK AGM, Mr Keane said that it would be wrong to underestimate the enormous impact of the Voluntary Code on the industry and, although it was not without its challenges, these would be worked through and resolved. The Voluntary Code, he said, had been the catalyst for the […]
More accurate milk tests on the way
Joint work between ISO and the International Dairy Federation (IDF) has resulted in an important update of a key analytical standard for the global dairy sector. ISO 9622|IDF 141* contains guidelines for the testing of milk and milk products with mid-infrared instruments. These instruments are extensively used in laboratories and dairy plants worldwide. The new […]
Solley’s Farms to star in BBC tv series
It was a case of ‘Lights, Camera, ACTION!’ at Solley’s Farms in Deal last week, as the family-run dairy opened their doors to a camera crew from the BBC, giving a special insight into the process of making real Kentish dairy ice cream. The crew was filming for the latest series of ‘Word on the […]
South Caernarfon Creameries announces milk price increase
Effective 1st September 2013, the new price increase of +0.62pence per litre, takes their standard milk price to 32.24 pence per litre. “This additional price increase further improves the position for our member farmers. Our member farmers are at the core of everything that we do. As our market returns improve we also improve the […]
