More milk cuts as Meadow Foods reduces price
Farmers Weekly The UK’s largest independently owned dairy group, Meadow Foods, has dropped its standard milk price by 0.75p/litre. The cut means Meadows’ 650 producers will receive 29p/litre for milk...
View ArticleDefra milk production revised upwards for 2017
Farmers Weekly Defra has republished milk production figures for every month in 2017, showing an increase in volumes across the board. The revised figures added an extra 332m litres of milk to the...
View ArticleRussia clashes with EU over pigmeat ban retaliation
Farmers Weekly Moscow has indicated it will fight €1.39bn worth of sanctions proposed by the European Union (EU) over its 2014 pig and pork trade embargo. The EU is seeking to impose the retaliatory...
View ArticleLamb sales plummet as younger Brits reject red meat
Farmers Weekly Last year proved extremely difficult for lamb at retail in Britain, with sales volumes dropping by one-tenth in the 52 weeks ending 13 December, according to the latest figures from...
View ArticleLactalis hit by baby formula salmonella scandal
Farmers Weekly The president of one of the world’s largest dairy companies, Lactalis, confirmed it is recalling 12m products from 83 countries following the detection of salmonella in its baby formula....
View ArticleFirst Milk announces February price cuts
Farmers Weekly Dairy co-op First Milk has reduced its milk price by 1p/litre from 1 February. The price drop means its 900 suppliers will receive between 28.09p/litre and 28.4p/litre for standard...
View ArticleScottish fund to tackle climate change opens
Farmers Weekly The Scottish government is encouraging all farmers, crofters and land managers to apply for its Agri-Environment Climate Change Scheme, which opens on Wednesday (17 January). The...
View ArticleProducers 'devastated' by goat milk contract termination
Farmers Weekly A decision by two processors to serve notice on 13 goat milk producers has been absolutely devastating for all of those affected, according to the Milking Goat Association (MGA). Arla...
View Article#Februdairy will be month of dairy celebration
Farmers Weekly A new initiative is aiming to flood social media with positive messages about milk production over the course of next month. Dairy farmers are being encouraged to share 28 short,...
View Article11 reader ideas on how to reverse UK lamb sales decline
Farmers Weekly Lamb producers, industry experts and consumers have taken to Twitter to pitch solutions to reverse a worrying decline in lamb retail purchases in the UK. Last week, Farmers Weekly...
View ArticlePaper submissions still possible under new VAT rules
Farmers Weekly HMRC has reassured farmers that VAT returns may still be submitted on paper following the announcement that the current system was moving online. Farmers Weekly reported that Making Tax...
View ArticleArla slashes milk price for producers
Farmers Weekly The UK’s largest dairy co-op, Arla, has announced a substantial cut to its 2,500 British dairy farmers’ milk price by 1.73p/litre – akin to a drop of 5.6% from next month. The price...
View ArticleSlight respite for GB pig prices as decline stalls
Farmers Weekly GB pig prices halted 21 weeks of consecutive decline in the week ending 20 January, as the EU-spec Standard Pig Price (SPP) settled at 148.25p/kg, just 0.03p/kg up on the previous week....
View ArticleMuller becomes latest processor to drop milk price
Farmers Weekly Muller, the UK’s second largest milk processor by producer numbers, has dropped its standard milk price by 1p/litre from 1 March. The cut means the 700 Muller Direct farmers will receive...
View ArticleBarber's joins long line of processors to drop milk price
Farmers Weekly The world’s oldest cheddar cheesemaker, Barber’s has dropped its milk price by 1.25p/litre from 1 March 2018. The cut takes the price paid to the company’s 150 producers below 30p/litre...
View ArticleThree successive rises for Global Dairy Trade auction
Farmers Weekly The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index, an indicator of international dairy market sentiment, has built on its strong performance in recent weeks, rising by 5.9% in the latest auction (6...
View ArticleArla to acquire Yeo Valley Dairies
Farmers Weekly The UK’s largest dairy co-op is set to get bigger following the acquisition of the dairy arm of Yeo Valley. Arla said the deal would allow the processor to use the Yeo Valley brand for...
View ArticleUK organic food sales hit record levels
Farmers Weekly Sales of organic food and drink in the UK hit their highest ever level in 2017, worth a total of £2.2bn to the economy, according to a new Soil Association report. The total UK organic...
View ArticleFresh milk sales drive significant UK dairy market growth
Farmers Weekly Bumper UK dairy sales figures have shown that the sector increased in value by 4.5% to £10.7bn in the 52 weeks ending 31 December 2017, according to the latest data from Kantar...
View ArticleIn pictures: French farmer protests like ‘civil war’
Farmers Weekly Scores of French farmers barricaded roads and motorways on Wednesday (8 February) in protest against a planned reduction in EU farm subsidies. The producers from the Occitanie region in...
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