FUW welcomes launch of Dairy Code of Practice
The FUW has consistently reiterated publicly and to MPs the importance of eliminating unfair contracts and the need to establish more balanced terms and conditions in producer/processor contracts. This included FUW support for the Milk Contracts Early Day Motion in Parliament in March 2012 put forward by Carmarthen East and Dinefwr MP Jonathan Edwards. More […]
Arla confident of achieving its 500million litre recruitment target for 2015
The company announced its recruitment plan in February 2012 and expects to purchase an additional 100 million litres, from new members, by January 2013. “We have made a successful start and anticipate that the launch of our milk sourcing model yesterday will prove attractive to potential new members,” said Ash Amirahmadi, Arla’s head of milk […]
Livestock 2012: dairy coalition roadmap update
A business seminar hosted by the event organiser, the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers, on day one, will be led by NFU dairy board chairman, Mansel Raymond and focus on the coalition’s ten point plan. RABDF chairman, David Cotton explains: “There will be a chance for every dairy farmer to review what the coalition […]
Industry-first app to improve transition management
Poor transition into lactation for high yielding dairy cows is costing UK dairy farmers millions of pounds each year in production losses, in addition to potential implications for long term herd health. For the first time, Premier’s Transition Management System (TMS) app brings together a number of key pieces of transition data, which until now […]
Persistence pays in Starling control
A review by Kingshay on the problem on 11 farms in Somerset and their views on the usefulness of various control methods was carried out last winter. The Somerset Levels sees particularly large numbers of Starlings because up to 9 million birds migrate there to roost for the winter months on its wetland, but other […]
Ten point strategy for SOS Dairy launched by coalition
The ten point plan to build a fair and functioning marketplace has been agreed by all members of the coalition, the NFU, NFU Cymru, NFU Scotland, FFA, TFA, WFU and the RABDF, and will focus on three key areas including: Exposing bad practices Redefining and empowering the farmers’ role in the supply chain Ensuring the […]
Next steps for #sosdairy to be revealed on Friday
Members of the Dairy Coalition, due to hold talks on Friday (August 10), are expected to publish their forward plan, which will focus on making sure that milk buyers take responsibility for the future of dairy farming. NFU President Peter Kendall said: “It remains our aim to deliver a functioning market place where dairy […]
De-tune diets to reduce daily losses, induce supply chain jitters and strengthen coalition’s negotiating stance
With feed prices where they are, he believes cost savings could go some way towards cancelling out foregone milk income. Indeed, for farmers already making a loss on every litre they produce, he points out that reducing production is an option with the immediate benefit of reducing those daily losses. And as long as de-tuning […]
Dairy coalition vows to keep up pressure on retailers and processors
The coalition, NFU, NFUS, NFU Cymru, the RABDF, WFU, TFA and FFA congratulated the farmers and the general public for their overwhelming support for the SOS Dairy campaign. But the group has warned that other processors and retailers would be put into the spotlight to commit to paying a fair price to farmers; one that […]
