Arla holds March price while Muller keeps its April price steady and Barber's announces first price drop in 18 months
Vale of York dairy farmer and NFU Dairy Board chair Paul Tompkins said consolidation and investment can be viewed as a ‘good thing’, but the lack of competition for milk was a ‘bad thing’ for producers
In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on Arla’s soaring profits, giving its farmer-owners the highest dividend payout in the company’s history, how tenant farmers are being left ‘unprotected’ by the Chancellor’s changes to Inheritance Tax, and the UK's borders have been called into question once again after 600kg of illegal meat was seized in Northern Ireland.
In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on the tractor rally protests by Scottish farmers and crofters over the weekend, after being postponed by Storm Eowyn, the latest milk prices with Arla holding its price for conventional and organic for February, and thirteen dairy producers in the South West have been handed their 12 months' notice by Saputo Dairy UK
The milk processor said the project would play a key role in its ambition to decrease on-farm emissions by 30% by 2030
It is after some smaller dairies and farmers have publicly distanced themselves from the new project following safety concerns raised by members of the public
As former NFU dairy board chair Michael Oakes embarks on a new challenge in beef, FG's chief reporter Rachael Brown speaks to him about leaving dairy and the future of the sector
On average, profits are predicted to rise to £590/cow. That is according to the annual Milk Cost of Production report by Old Mill and the Farm Consultancy Group
Ten dairy farmers in Dumfries and Galloway and two in Ayrshire have been given 12 months' notice