Arla Milk Link to increase its conventional and organic milk prices from September
This is as a result of improvements in business performance, taking the AML standard litre to 32.31 pence* from 2 September 2013. In addition, Arla Milk Link is increasing its organic premium by a further 2.35ppl, taking the AML organic standard litre price to 40 pence. Arla is working with AML’s farmer representatives to develop […]
Milk production figures released – July 2013
The United Kingdom wholesale milk deliveries totalled 1,141.5 million litres in July, the fourth month of the milk year. At the same time last year the figure was 1,116.0 million litres. The cumulative total for the year is now 4,664.7 million litres. At the same point in 2012 this figure was 4,758.2 million litres. The […]
Milk production stays within UK’s quota
RPA has confirmed that there will be no wholesale or direct sales levy for the 2012/13 quota year. The United Kingdom wholesale milk deliveries totalled 13.0 billion litres – 2.0 billion litres under the national wholesale quota. The UK’s direct sales amounted to 115.0 million litres – 27.6 million litres under the national direct sales […]
Review of Voluntary Code would draw out whether it could be improved
The Voluntary Code of Practice on Producer Contracts is a success and a stakeholder review would draw out whether or not it can be improved. This is the view of Dairy UK Director General Jim Begg twelve months on from the historic Heads of Agreement achieved at the Royal Welsh Show in 2012. “The Voluntary […]
A Leading French Research Institute Chooses BouMatic as “Dairy Sector” Partner
ARVALIS chose the solutions provided by their BouMatic dealer Proval, and in particular the investment in a 22/24-stall Xpedia™ 360IX internal rotary system for their dairy unit, and has achieved impressive results since they started using this milking system. In May, a BouMatic delegation, led by President Bob Luna, and 35 BouMatic dealers from Western […]
Milk production figures released for June 2013
The United Kingdom wholesale milk deliveries totalled 1,173 million litres in June, the third month of the milk year. The cumulative total for the year is now 3,518.9 million litres. The wholesale delivery figures have not been adjusted for butterfat content and all figures are provisional. RPA relies on individual purchasers to provide the data, […]
Recommendations made for the UK dairy industry to stay competitive into the future
The event focused the proposals, outlined in three strategy documents, on the key issues of: Research and Development, Knowledge Exchange, and Animal Health and Welfare. The three strategy papers were presented at the seminar held at Porthcullis House, Westminster in London, with invited guests from throughout the dairy sector, and hosted by MP Rory Stewart. […]
Stacey Solomon latest to sign up to ‘make mine Milk’ campaign
Singer and TV presenter Stacey Solomon has been unveiled as the latest celebrity to support the ‘make mine Milk’ campaign and the charity BeatBullying. She will be working with the two organisations on a competition that teaches children to celebrate diversity and how to make milk a fun part of their diet. The initiative is […]
EDA considers UK front-of-pack nutrition labelling scheme as inadequate and misleading
This system combines colourcoding with percentage reference intakes of the mandatory nutrients required by the Food Information to consumers Regulation (FIR). EDA believes this national scheme is inadequate, because it is in contrast with the EU’s aim to harmonize food information to consumers. Its use of color coding is misleading because it doesn’t recognize the nutritional contribution of whole […]
