Dairy Bulletin News Archive

Dairy Industry Woman of the Year Award

Jeanette Prince was presented with the Dairy Industry Woman of the Year National Award at last week’s presentation dinner. Jeanette is a Staffordshire organic farmer supplying Arla.  She is also a founder member of the Staffordshire Women’s Farming Union, Vice President of Staffordshire YFC and has devoted many days to promoting and progressing the UK dairy industry.

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FOR SALE- 2 Lely A4 Robots – Location Cumbria

Installed in January 2012, regularly serviced & updated, washed out regularly since the cows were sold.  Reason for the sale is the farm has been sold. They come with the facility to feed liquid as well as cake, which is automatically calculated. No weigh cells but concrete work already installed.  Sold along with computer, 130 collars, exit gates and two milk recording samplers.

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WANTED BY IAN

14 tonne JCB ditching bucket with circa 60mm pin fixings. Note, not a 3 CX size this is for a proper JCB 814 digger not a Fisher Price digger!  If you know where there is one please email ianpotter@ipaquotas.co.uk

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0.5ppl milk price increase for suppliers to First Milk

From 1st September This takes members’ standard liquid litre price to 28.5ppl and standard manufacturing litre price to 29.47ppl.

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0.5ppl milk price increase for suppliers to Payne’s Dairies

from 1st September This takes members’ standard liquid litre price to 29.5ppl.

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0.5ppl milk price increase for suppliers to Wensleydale Creamery

From 1st September This takes members’ standard liquid litre price to 29.5ppl and standard manufacturing litre price to 30.45ppl.

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0.85ppl milk price rise for suppliers to Pensworth Dairy

From 1st October This takes producers liquid standard litre price to 29.8ppl.

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36% profit slump for European giant milk processor Friesland Campina (FC)

Friesland Campina’s half year results show a whopping 35.6% year on year profit slump.  Friesland Campina previously announced the early 2018 closure of two processing operations in France, both of which have severely influenced these latest half year figures.  The closures were announced a year ago as part of Friesland Campina’s wholesale transformation scheme.

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AMPE and MCVE climb higher

AMPE is up +4.4% from July to 33.6ppl and MCVE + 0.6% to 33.6ppl (see above).  In addition, AHDB Dairy report that Cream income is now worth 13.09ppl to a liquid processor. During August AHDB report increases in wholesale prices for cream, butter and SMP all mainly weather driven, which is making traders nervous, especially over possible declines in winter milk production which all farmers are anticipating and by the time the trade realise its happening nothing they do will reverse the decline! AHDB are anticipating further small farm gate milk price increases up to and including November based on the current milk market value (a weighted average of AMPE & MCVE).

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Arla plans to pay out its 2018 profits to its farmers

In a welcome, if not surprise, move Arla has confirmed it proposes to pay its entire 2018 profits to its farmers recognising many face serious financial pain as a result of the drought. The proposal will be put to the Arla Board of Representatives at its October meeting. If Arla’s nett profit target of 2.8% to 3.2% of revenue is achieved the numbers indicate a potential supplementary payment of circa £20,000 for a 1 million litre producer, however, this needs to be split into a circa £9000 as a 13th payment producers are already entitled to receive so the additional money paid out will be around £11,000 per farmer.

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Arla UK’s half years results

Arla’s half year UK revenue increased by 2.3% to £961million with nett profit 2.2% versus 2.1% in 2017. Arla’s 2018 financial year nett profit of 2.8% to 3.2% is considered achievable.

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ENGLAND V USA

Venue: Wembley Stadium Date: Thursday 15th November – KO 19:45 hours Up to 4 tickets available at £10.00 per ticket discount. Email ianpotter@ipaquotas.co.uk, if you are interested.

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