Wensleydale Creamery leads the cheesemakers charge by increasing milk price
The Wensleydale Creamery, producers of the famous Real Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese, today announced it will increase the pence per litre (ppl) it pays its Wensleydale farmers for their milk*, in a bid to support them and the other 50% of struggling dairy farmers who supply to the non-liquid milk markets. The Creamery will offer 28.5 […]
New guide focuses on funding and supporting dairy farmers
The booklet – which has been produced by Natural England in consultation with The National Farmers’ Union, the RABDF (The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers), DairyCo and the Environment Agency – provides clear and helpful information on how environmental management through Entry Level Stewardship (ELS) and Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) can complement farming practices […]
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 […]
Don’t get caught out on cattle – visit the RPA stand at Livestock 2012
Latest figures show that almost half the cattle identification inspections carried out so far in 2012 revealed problems with compliance. The Rural Payments Agency is keen to work with farmers to help them avoid any potential problems ahead of inspections and so help them protect their entitlement to payments. Non-compliance will impact payments made under […]
Price volatility is not going away, livestock farmers warned
Speaking ahead of the 2012 Livestock Event at Birmingham’s NEC, Wilkinson said that whilst market forces were keeping beef prices attractive for farmers, input costs were likely to rise due to currency movements and increasing grain-based livestock feed prices caused by the US and Russian droughts. This is in stark contrast to the very wet […]
Farmers challenge Defra movement proposals
It comes following a meeting between members of the NFU, Defra and RPA that focused on proposed changes to the current livestock movement regime. Topics discussed included CPH allocation, movement reporting requirements and the introduction of separation units as an alternative to whole farm six day standstills. Particular concerns were raised about plans to remove […]
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 […]
A sustainable solution for the livestock sector
LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming), one of the leading organisations promoting sustainable food and farming, will be at this year’s Livestock 2012 on 4 and 5 September. LEAF will be talking to farmers about how to maximise productivity, minimise environmental impact and gain commercial benefits through Integrated Farm Management (IFM), the LEAF Marque and its […]
