Dairy farmers set to lose nearly 3p/litre in 2015/16
Based on a survey of its clients and working closely with The Farm Consultancy Group, it forecast that farmers would lose 2.75p/litre before accounting for non-milk income. “Dairy farmers are facing challenging times with little indication that this will be changing in the near future,” said Andrew Vickery, head of rural services at Old Mill. […]
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 […]
Dairy UK appoints new Chairman as industry drives dairy agenda forward
Dr David Dobbin CBE was elected Chairman of Dairy UK today at the organisation’s Annual General Meeting. Dr Dobbin is Chief Executive of United Dairy Farmers, a leading UK dairy co-operative. Dr Dobbin said: “I am acutely aware that I am taking on the Chair of Dairy UK at a time when our industry faces […]
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 […]
Arla farmer-owner hosts dairy farm event
Frampton farmer-owner George Holmes welcomed invited guests, including Simon Hoare, MP for North Dorset, to his farm over the weekend. The farm day event is the first in a series of meet and greets and is aiming to drive a greater understanding of the day-to-day role of an Arla dairy farmer. The initiative also aims […]
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 […]
