Arla Foods amba increases February milk price
Arla Foods amba is increasing its on-account milk price to its 13,500 global farmer owners, of which 2,800 are British dairy farmers.
Arla Foods amba is increasing its on-account milk price to its 13,500 global farmer owners, of which 2,800 are British dairy farmers.
The amount of drinking milk that Arla will produce in 2014 would be enough to potentially serve 3.5 milk glasses for every person on the planet.
Arla Foods amba has almost doubled the number of British farmer owners as a further 1,300 take up the offer of becoming co-owners of Europe’s largest dairy cooperative and looks to secure a further 300 million litres of owner milk.
When Arla Foods begins selling skimmed milk powder, processed at Westbury Dairies, in Wiltshire, on the Global Dairy Trade auction, from 17 December, it will be the first time that a British dairy product has entered the auction.
Aylesbury dairy has been chosen as one of the winners of an Aylesbury Vale District Council design award.
The first milk for its retail customers has today rolled off the filling lines as Arla Foods puts the finishing touches to its new Aylesbury dairy in Buckinghamshire.
Eighty five per cent of Arla Foods Milk Partnership (AFMP) farmers have already signed up to become co-owners of Arla Foods amba, making the long-standing vision of AFMP to become full owners of the European farmer-owned cooperative a reality.
Arla Foods amba has increased its on-account price to Arla Milk Link members by 0.78ppl, taking the Arla Milk Link standard litre to 33.83ppl, from 28 October 2013.
The next milestone on the journey for MPL/AFMP farmers to become co-owners of Arla Foods amba was reached today, Wednesday 30 October 2013.
At a meeting in Denmark today (9 October 2013) the Arla Foods Board of Representatives, which includes elected members from all owner countries (Denmark,Sweden, the UK, Germany, Luxembourg and Brussels), approved the proposal for MPL (AFMP) farmers to become co-owners of Arla Foods amba from 1 January 2014.
Arla Foods is raising its milk price for AFMP members by 1.5ppl, with effect from 1 November 2013.
Arla Foods has appointed Sarah Baldwin as vice president - marketing, with effect from January 2014.