1ppl milk price increase for suppliers to Wensleydale Creamery – from 1st August
This takes producers standard liquid litre 29ppl manufacturing 29.95ppl
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1ppl milk price increase for suppliers to Pensworth – from 1st September
This takes producer’s standard liquid litre 28.95ppl
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0.8ppl milk price increase for Payne’s Dairies – from 1st August
This takes producer’s standard liquid litre to 29ppl
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0.8ppl milk price increase for suppliers and members of First Milk – from 1st August
This takes producers standard liquid litre price to 28ppl and based on a standard manufacturing litre to 28.95ppl
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0.75ppl milk price increase for suppliers to South Caernarfon Creameries (Cheese) – from 1st September
This takes producers standard liquid litre price to 29.55ppl and based on a standard manufacturing litre to 30.53ppl
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0.7ppl milk price increase for Arla direct suppliers – from 1st August
This takes producers standard liquid litre price to 28ppl and manufacturing 29.19ppl
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0.5ppl milk price increase for suppliers to Barbers (Cheese) – from 1st September
This takes producers standard liquid litre price to 29.58ppl and based on a standard manufacturing litre to 30.68ppl
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0.5ppl Extreme weather supplement for suppliers to Dairy Crest Davidstow (cheese) – from 1st September
This is a supplement which will be reviewed monthly and is not a price increase but is a payment to assist supplying farmers who are struggling with the drought and additional expense. This means no increase in milk price so a Dairy Crest Producer will continue to receive 29.32ppl from September 1st based on a standard liquid litre and 30.4ppl based on a standard manufacturing litre.
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Paine Partners sell their Meadow Foods share after less than 2 years ownership
Their has been no secret that US based Paine and Partners have been keen to exit their Meadow Foods investment and have now sold their shares to Exponent a UK private equity firm after less than two years of buying them from the Pickering and Chantler families.
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At last AHDB production figures confirm reality on the ground
Several farmers have been questioning reports from AHDB claiming UK milk production was not dropping in July. One such farmer stated “How on earth can AHDB Dairy claim on farm production has not dropped with no grass anywhere, a serious shortage of fodder, following a sh*t spring, many cattle on full winter rations?”. Well according to its latest update production dropped below those of July 2017 with week ending 21st July down 1.
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Arla’s Organic stance turns sour
Arla’s 30th July statement concerning its No Stance on organic feed derogations is certainly causing a stir and could soon turn sour on the European Giant. The main bone of contention is the words “Please be aware that Arla’s position is that this (the no stance on utilising a derogation) will also include exemptions for the feeding of non-organic forage to dairy young stock”.
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Correction to Ian’s August Dairy Farmer Article
The responses to this weeks August article was frankly phenomenal, so thankyou for all those who emailed Ian. However most respondents supporting my jottings were on the ball in pointing out Ian’ obvious typo when stated that Germany and the UK have more than 200 million flexitarians. It should have stated 20 million. Apologies
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