The Prince’s Dairy Initiative recruits new farmers for its 4th Year
As the dairy industry continues to face unprecedented challenges, with many farmers being paid less than the price of production, the plight of the small family dairy herd is under threat. The Prince’s Dairy Initiative, now in its 4th year, aims to improve the long-term sustainability of the British dairy sector by offering free practical […]
Arla Foods amba maintains milk price for September 2015
Following a period of milk price reductions, the Arla Foods amba on-account price will remain unchanged for September 2015 for its 13,500 owners, including 3,000 from the UK. Commenting on the decision, Ash Amirahmadi, head of milk and member services at Arla Foods UK, said: ”We are in a position to hold our milk price […]
FUW welcomes ‘Milk for farmers’
The FUW has welcomed a move by retailer Morrisons, which will see the creation of a new milk brand designed to help struggling dairy farmers. The new ‘Milk for Farmers’ brand will cost an extra ten pence in store, with the extra money being passed back to those farmers supplying the co-operative Aria. “Milk prices […]
Long-term leader retains top position on £SCI
The Spring Calving Index (£SCI) has been a feature of the bull rankings for exactly a year, and during that time, the Danish Jersey bull, VJ Tester has stood resolutely in the lead. As AHDB Dairy publishes the indexes for August 2015, Tester further strengthens his grip with his transmission of high milk solids, high […]
Genomic leader gains ground in AHDB ranking
Genomic young sires now make up over 40 per cent of all black and white inseminations in the UK, so it’s little surprise to see the young sire list is a growing focus of dairy producers’ attention. Leading the pack in the AHDB Dairy Profitable Lifetime Index ranking is the Canadian bred Sandy-Valley-I Penmanship […]
New AHDB Dairy indexes show stability at the top
The new genetic indexes are published for Holstein bulls this week (11 August) as the first under the new AHDB Dairy banner. The theme at the top of the proven sire ranking is one of stability, as Gen-I-Beq Lavaman holds convincingly on to his number one position with a Profitable Lifetime Index (PLI) of £615. […]
Global demand makes OMSCo largest UK organic cheese and whey producer
Growing global demand for organic cheese has seen farmer-owned co-operative OMSCo, (the Organic Milk Suppliers Co-operative Ltd), secure new export contracts and as a result, become the UK’s largest organic cheese and whey producer; achieved exclusively from export sales. OMSCO began exporting in 2007 which has proved to be an extremely successful strategy and has […]
Morrisons must go further on milk
Morrisons must support dairy farmers by paying a sustainable price, the NFU said today. In recent meetings with the retailer, the NFU outlined the pressures affecting dairy farmers, especially the unsustainable milk price being received on farm. Many dairy farmers are now receiving milk prices far below the cost of production. This has led to […]
First Milk half day notice on price cut is totally unacceptable, say NFU
First Milk has announced a milk price cut of 0.5ppl for members – giving them just half a day’s notice. Suppliers were told the news late last Friday that their price for August 1 was being reduced. NFU dairy board vice chairman Michael Oakes said: “Two years ago First Milk signed up to the Voluntary […]
