Lidl milk contract hints at Muller fixed pricing option
Farmers Weekly UK dairy processor Müller has hinted at introducing a fixed price element to its existing milk contract after signing a three-year milk supply deal with retailer Lidl. The fixed price...
View ArticleArla milk price edges up due to currency smoothing
Farmers Weekly The UK’s largest dairy processor, Arla, has increased its April milk price by 0.32p/litre from 1 April. A spokesman said the April increase was a result of last quarter’s average...
View ArticlePrice drop for First Milk producers
Farmers Weekly UK dairy co-op, First Milk has dropped its April milk price amid a restructuring of how its farmgate milk prices will be reported. The processor will harmonise its four regional pools...
View ArticleDairy wholesale markets stable as poor weather continues
Farmers Weekly UK dairy wholesale markets remained steady in March, with only cream continuing its recent price volatility. Butter, skim-milk powder (SMP) and mild cheddar remained virtually unchanged...
View ArticleBarber’s hold milk price ahead of busiest month
Farmers Weekly The world’s oldest cheddar cheesemaker, Barber’s, has held its milk price for May – the processor’s busiest production month of the year. The hold means the milk buyer’s 150 producers...
View ArticleFour price drops in a row for Muller suppliers
Farmers Weekly Muller, the UK’s second-largest milk processor by producer numbers, has dropped its standard milk price by 0.5p/litre from 1 May. The fall moves its farmgate milk price to 26.2p/litre...
View ArticleWyke seeks more milk producers to join ‘export revolution’
Farmers Weekly Somerset dairy processor, Wyke Farms is recruiting new producers to add an additional 25m litres of direct milk supply. The processor, is looking for producers within a 50-mile radius of...
View ArticleDairy market experts at odds over spring milk prices
Farmers Weekly Dairy market analysts are at odds over how much the market should be returning to UK producers. The Dairy Group’s Nick Holt-Martyn believes that six months of relative market stability...
View ArticleGB milk production for 2017-18 near record levels
Farmers Weekly Milk production increased by 2.8% on the previous year to 12,402m litres in the year to 31 March. This is the second highest level since the 1980s. Britain produced 349m more litres of...
View ArticleUK dairy has highest processing investment in EU
Farmers Weekly The UK dairy industry has invested more than €500m (£432m) in processing capacity in the past four years, the highest level among the six largest milk-producing nations in the EU....
View ArticleFirst Milk to sell Scottish processing business
Farmers Weekly Scottish First Milk producers have been left shell-shocked after the processor announced its intention to sell its Arran and Campbeltown creameries following a strategic review of the...
View ArticleMuller confirms fixed-price milk contract
Farmers Weekly UK dairy processor Muller has revealed the details behind the fixed-price element of its milk contract as a result of its supply deal with Lidl. The contract will allow Muller’s 650...
View ArticleDairy UK blasts ‘wrong and unhelpful’ meat and dairy...
Farmers Weekly Trade association Dairy UK has lambasted a report that advised consumers to reduce meat and dairy consumption. Principles for eating meat and dairy more sustainably (PDF) was produced by...
View ArticleArla launches plan to save £350m from European business
Farmers Weekly Arla Foods has put a cost-cutting initiative into action to find at least €400m (£350m) of efficiency savings by 2020. The programme, called “Calcium”, was launched as a result of...
View ArticleStability for Arla producers after May milk price freeze
Farmers Weekly The UK’s largest dairy co-op Arla has held its milk price for May following a strengthening of dairy markets. The processor’s 2,400 British dairy farmers will continue to receive...
View ArticleDutch dairy co-op to pay premium for ‘sustainable’ milk
Farmers Weekly Europe’s largest dairy co-op, FrieslandCampina, has announced it will pay producers a premium for higher-quality milk with sustainable attributes. The new “Top Dairy” line will reward...
View ArticleWool scheme launched to support young sheep farmers
Farmers Weekly British Wool has introduced a scheme to provide cash flow support for new entrants to the sheep farming industry. The initiative will provide eligible producers with upfront payments...
View ArticleFirst Milk is second major processor to hold milk price
Farmers Weekly First Milk has become the second major UK dairy processor to hold its May milk price this week, following Arla’s price freeze on Tuesday (24 April). The British farmer-owned co-op...
View ArticleUK cheese exports increase one-quarter in 2017
Farmers Weekly The value of UK cheese exports grew by almost one-quarter in 2017, according to new figures from the AHDB and HMRC. UK cheese shipments surpassed £615m last year, an increase of 23% on...
View ArticleSupply chain concerns over Sainsbury’s and Asda mega-merger
Farmers Weekly Farming industry representatives have reacted with concern to the news of the proposed merger between UK supermarket giants Sainsbury’s and Asda. The move would tie up almost 30% of the...
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