Farmlite: A leading light in farm buildings
With in-built anti-yellowing technology, the Farmlite GRP rooflight and cladding system from Brett Martin Daylight Systems offers excellent value, long term light transmission and durability that stands the test of time. Utilising the company’s 50 years of experience in the design and manufacture of GRP rooflights, Brett Martin developed the Farmlite GRP rooflight to poorer […]
Arla Foods amba milk price
Arla Foods amba is reducing its owner on-account price by €1.25 cents per kg, with effect from 4 August 2014. When applied through the pricing mechanism, this reduction equates to an overall 0.94 pence reduction in Arla’s UK standard litre price, taking the standard litre to 31.58 pence. The adjustment is made up of a […]
Increased new entrants to the dairy industry promising for agriculture in Wales
An increase in the number of new entrants to the dairy sector, have been described as extremely positive for the industry by the Farmers’ Union of Wales today. “With the abolition of milk quotas in 2015, new entrants will have a positive starting platform and this has been recognised by the almost 200 new dairy […]
Sustainable Dairy
In this first week of July, major players of the dairy sector have launched in Brussels the work on the Dairy Environmental Footprint Pilot (‘DAIRY PEF’), which will give results on environmental footprints for dairy products by mid-2016. The DAIRY PEF will develop both, a specific methodology – known as Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules […]
Sleep tight, eat cheese for tea tonight!
Cheese lovers can sleep easy tonight, as the British Cheese Board has unveiled the results of a study which debunks the age old myth popularised in A Christmas Carol*, that eating cheese before bed gives you nightmares. In fact, the results indicate that cheese may even give some people a more pleasant night’s sleep! The […]
Milking Equipment Association marks milestone
The Milking Equipment Association (MEA) is celebrating after signing up the 200th Level 2 candidate on to its dedicated accreditation scheme, Parlour Safe. A national scheme launched to provide a benchmark of the competence of milking technicians, the LTA MEA Parlour Safe qualification is open to both dealers and self-employed technicians and is supported by […]
Dairy key to athletes diet and nutrition say experts
Three time Olympian Goldie Sayers and HSBC Sevens World Series star Dan Norton were among the guest speakers of The Dairy Council’s Evening of Sport and Dairy in London. The evening featured a presentation from Professor Stuart M. Phillips from McMaster University, Canada, on the role of milk as a sports recovery product while Great […]
Great opportunities signal bright future for UK dairy
Giving his address at the Dairy UK Annual Dinner in London, Mr Keane spoke to leading politicians and industry representatives about the way forward for the dairy industry in the global market. He noted that the strong upward trend in dairy consumption worldwide presented UK dairy companies and farmers with an unprecedented range of opportunities. […]
Conference success shows industry support
This year’s MEA Dealer Conference was hailed a real success after over 80 dealers, technicians, processers and parlour manufacturers attended to discuss the Parlour Safe scheme and learn more about plans for 2014. Hosted at Warwick Racecourse early in June, the Conference’s content was focused firmly on ‘what’s in it for me?’ and saw keynote […]
