Olympic hopefuls urge young athletes: Milk it for all its worth
London 2012 Olympic hopefuls Beth Tweddle, World Champion gymnast and BMX World Champion, Liam Phillips, today urged Britains young sports enthusiasts to Milk it for all its worth. Beth and Liam, whose favourite drink is milk, declared their support of the white stuff in a new campaign that aims to promote the consumption of milk in […]
Elle Macpherson and Jenson Button join make mine Milk
The original supermodel, Elle Macpherson, and reigning Formula 1 world champion, Jenson Button, are the latest A-list celebrities to back British milk as part of the multi-million-pound make mine Milk campaign. Both stars were thrilled to don the iconic milk moustache and lend their famous faces to make mine Milk. They join the likes of […]
Great British cheese on the menu this British Food Fortnight
With British Food Fortnight upon us, Milk Link, the UKs leading dairy co-operative and largest cheese manufacturer, has released figures showing that British cheeses such as Cheddar are proving increasingly popular on menus at foodservice outlets across the country. With around 45 percent of consumer food expenditure taking place out-of-home, foodservice is an increasingly important […]
Number of dairy producers falls again
The number of dairy farmers in the southern region continues to fall. Recently published figures show that the number of dairy farmers in Hampshire has fallen by 4% since this time last year and by 40% over the last five years. Andrew Bays of BCM comments: “These figures show pressures on dairy producers in terms […]
Grahams The Family Dairy acquires Claymore Dairies
Grahams The Family Dairy, Scotlands leading independent dairy company has today (22 September) announced it has agreed to buy Claymore Dairies, one of Nairns largest private employers for an undisclosed sum. Situated on the main thoroughfare between Inverness and Aberdeen, Claymore Dairies is a modern purpose built processing and distribution dairy that was opened by […]
21st century milking
A LANCASHIRE farm has invested in a hi-tech robotic milking system in a move which will allow it to increase its herd. Graham and Janet Young, of Greenhurst Farm in Samlesbury, near Blackburn, have replaced 50 old cubicles traditionally used for milking cows, with a state of the art DeLaval robotic milking system. Graham and […]
OMSCo invest in organic future with new in-store marketing campaign
The Organic Milk Suppliers Cooperative (OMSCo) is, for the first time, targeting consumers whilst they shop, in a new marketing campaign to further raise the profile of organic milk in-store at the fixture. The new one million pound campaign uses in-store POS, including creative floor stickers and trolley ads, to encourage customers to break the […]
DeLaval announces worlds first automatic milking rotary system, the DeLaval AMR
Tumba, Sweden (September 14th 2010). DeLaval makes history today by announcing the introduction of the worlds first ever automatic milking rotary system, or DeLaval AMR as this new system will be known in the industry. In December 2008 we said that we were developing an automated milking system for large herds and now we are […]
Cost base reduction delivers further price increase for First Milk members
First Milk has confirmed that they will increase their standard litre price for each milk pool by 0.25ppl from 1 September 2010. This move has been funded by a further reduction in the companys cost base as a result of a continued drive on efficiencies. Chairman Bill Mustoe commented: Since the start of 2010 we […]
