Pressure mounts on Wiseman / Muller after dairies pledge to scrap price cuts
Farmer co-op, First Milk, has today announced it has withdrawn plans to cut its milk price to liquid and balancing producers in August. This move has been quickly followed by Dairy Crest announcing a two month stay of execution on its planned 1.65ppl price cut. Arla is expected to make an announcement tomorrow, Friday. Today’s […]
Arla Foods to maintain milk price
Earlier this month the company announced that it would need to reduce the price it pays to supplying dairy farmers for their milk, from next month, due to a fall in market returns. However, following discussions with customers and the elected representatives of Arla Foods Milk Partnership, it has increased its Cravendale premium and secured […]
NBA supports dairy farmer protests – and asks for a fair price for all farm produce
Amongst all the successful and highly justified support of the dairy crisis, from the national media to celebrity chefs, the NBA also asks that attention to given to other sectors, as it is not just dairy farmers that are being pushed by rising input costs. Hamish McBean, NBA Chairman, says: “It has been tremendous to […]
Asda moves on milk price but the pressure continues on processors
With backing from the WI in recent days, the dairy coalition, NFU, NFUS, NFU Cymru, TFA and the FFA, has protested against milk price cuts made this spring and further cuts expected on August 1. It has called for dairy farmers to receive a price for their milk, one that covers the cost of production. […]
The CRT says “save our dairy farms” – our cows, our farmers and our wildlife
CRT Chairman, Robin Page says: “The situation is scandalous and has been for years. The supermarkets and wholesalers are too powerful. They were before the so-called agreement, and they are after the agreement. The Government should dictate the price of milk as it did once through the Milk Marketing Board, even if this does offend […]
Delay in voluntary code unacceptable says Chair of EFRA Committee
Letter to Rt Hon James Paice MP Commenting on the letter, Anne McIntosh MP said: “It is frustrating that for the last fourteen months the Government have been saying that a voluntary code is the best way forward for the dairy industry but have yet to secure an agreement on its content. In evidence to […]
A breakthrough as The Co-operative moves on milk price
The Co-operative has announced it will pay an increased premium of 2.57ppl with immediate effect, rising to 4.27ppl from August 1. This will increase The Co-operative’s farmer milk price to 29ppl with immediate effect. The move comes after mounting public pressure on retailers to deliver fair prices to dairy farmers, culminating in demonstrations last weekend […]
UKIP MEP backs militant farmers in dairy dispute
Mr Agnew said: “Having served for nine years on the NFU council, I am well aware of how difficult it is to persuade farmers to demonstrate in significant numbers. The fact that they are doing so now underlines the desperate situation in which so many dairy farmers find themselves. Asda and Morrisons cannot ignore the […]
Farmers meet to discuss milk price cuts
The announcements of milk price cuts and the subsequent events has generated substantial concern from the industry. In this update, DairyCo will look to examine: the details behind recent events, who is affected, factors outside of the UK and what happens next. What’s happened? Earlier in the month, Arla, Dairy Crest, First Milk and Robert […]
