Arla signs up to cutting-edge agreement to tackle food and drink waste
Arla Foods UK, the farmer-owned dairy company has announced its commitment to transform food and drink production. As a founder signatory to the Courtauld Commitment 2025, Arla has joined leading organisations from across the industry to work together to tackle food and drink waste, greenhouse gas emissions and water intensity. The announcement signifies Arla’s continued […]
Proposed closure of Arla Hatfield Peverel dairy
After an extensive review into its processing requirements across the UK, Arla Foods, the farmer-owned dairy company, is today announcing its intention, subject to consultation with those affected, to close its fresh milk processing production facilities at its Hatfield Peverel dairy in Essex. The proposal will result in the potential closure of Hatfield Peverel by […]
Milk processors must be open and honest
With dairy farmers across the country under severe financial pressure from low prices, the NFU is urging all milk processors to be open and honest with suppliers about their plans to get through the next year. The call comes with UK milk supply continuing to be far ahead of levels in early 2015, global demand […]
ONE Arla cooperative formed in the UK
The New Year saw Arla’s UK farmer owners unite in a new cooperative – The UK Arla Farmers Cooperative Ltd (UKAF). UKAF is the single UK corporate member of Arla Foods amba and maintains the same rights within Arla Foods amba as the former cooperatives – Arla Milk Link (AML) and Arla Milk Cooperative (AMCo). […]
Arla Foods amba maintains milk price for December 2015
Arla Foods amba is maintaining its on-account milk price at 23.04 pence per litre, during December 2015, for its 12,700 owners, including around 3,000 from the UK. Commenting on the situation, Ash Amirahmadi, head of milk and member services at Arla Foods UK, said: “The firming of the market that we witnessed last month has […]
Consumers support Morrisons Milk for Farmers
British grocery shoppers are demonstrating their commitment to dairy farmers and overwhelmingly supporting the new Morrisons’ Milk for Farmers range. The fresh milk, which is 100% sourced from Arla farms in the UK, is attracting an additional 10 pence per litre of milk sold which is passed back in full to Arla. As per the […]
New dairy project to transform data use on farm
Innovation for Agriculture has been awarded a Horizon 2020 grant for its project proposal ‘ 4D4F – Data Driven Dairy Decisions for Farmers ’. The project brings together 16 partners from 9 EU countries spread from the Baltics to the Mediterranean and from West to East. The project will investigate the technologies that are available […]
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 […]
