1.92ppl milk price increase for Arla members from July 1st puts Arla back in front

On the day Ash Amirahmadi takes up his position as top honcho in Arla UK (see story below) his co-op members will be in a UK milk league table champions league position with this latest increase.

This takes the 1st July standard liquid litre price to 29.31ppl and based on a manufacturing standard litre to 30.5ppl with a clear hint that the expectation is for further increases to follow soon.  This price increase serves as a challenge to most other milk purchasers some of whom will be scratching  their heads having considered  and in one case almost decided privately not to push through an August price increase. This policy will need to be revisited and as one farmer emailed Ian it’s a wake up call to others to up their game and quickly, especially if they want to recruit more suppliers or even retain existing ones. The race to the top is back on.

Arla’s organic standard litre price remains unchanged at 42.85ppl (manufacturing) and 40.80ppl (liquid) mainly due to the fact organic milk supply continues to increase.