Arla Foods amba maintains milk price
Arla Foods amba on-account price will remain unchanged from 26 October 2015 for its 12,700 owners, including around 3,000 from the UK, at 23.04 pence per litre. Commenting on the situation, Ash Amirahmadi, head of milk and member services at Arla Foods UK, said: “Despite production slowing down and even declining in some parts of […]
Plan now to combat future volatility, dairy farmers told
Dairy farmers should prepare for price volatility to continue but can do much to make their future successful. That was the message from the latest in a series of agricultural conversations hosted by NatWest in association with sector experts. Luke Grossman, senior dairy analyst with AHDB Dairy, set the scene on the call and provided […]
Dairy aid package fails to recognise milk price disparity
According to Defra, dairy producers in Wales will receive some £3.2 million of the total allocated to the UK, with England, Scotland and Northern Ireland receiving £15.5, £5.1 and £2.3 respectively. The Welsh Government has already confirmed that payments will be based upon how much milk a farmer produced in the 2014-15 production year. Newly […]
Allocation of EU farming support package welcomed
Defra’s allocation of the EU farming support package will provide a welcome cash boost but more action needs to be taken in order to make a long term difference to many British dairy farmers who are struggling to keep their businesses afloat, the NFU has said. After extensive NFU lobbying in Brussels and Westminster, Defra […]
Arla Foods amba to increase milk price
Arla Foods amba is increasing its on-account price by 0.5 eurocents per kg, with effect from 28 September 2015. When this is applied to the UK standard litre it gives a 0.38 pence positive impact. October sees a new quarter’s (July to September) average exchange rate being introduced to the pricing mechanism. The introduction of this […]
HMRC ‘Time to Pay’ agreement welcome news for lamb and dairy farmers
The Farmers’ Union of Wales has welcomed the news that the HMRC’s ‘time to pay’ agreement has been extended to lamb and dairy farmers, following a meeting with Aberconwy MP Guto Bebb. FUW president Glyn Roberts, who alongside FUW milk and dairy produce committee chairman Dei Davies, met with Mr Bebb, had argued that there […]
Committee of the Regions: EC emergency package won’t resolve milk crisis
The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has claimed that the European Commission has waited for the milk situation to become untenable for producers before announcing emergency measures. The new package, it argues, will still not tackle structural problems in the EU’s deregulated dairy sector. In April 2015 the CoR – the EU’s assembly of […]
NFU provides evidence to Efra Committee inquiry into dairy prices
Improved market transparency, development of risk management measures, more formal producer representation, fairer milk contracts and a review of UK processing capacity are urgently required to ensure a sustainable dairy industry going forward, according to the NFU. NFU dairy board vice chairman Michael Oakes and chief dairy adviser Sian Davies appeared before the first Efra […]
FUW calls for commitment to cheese pricing
The Farmers’ Union of Wales is urging Tesco to back Welsh dairy farmers by committing to a minimum farm gate price of 28 pence per litre for cheese purchased from First Milk and South Caernarfon Creameries. Following a meeting with industry representatives earlier this month, Tesco agreed to consider a minimum farm gate price for […]
