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Arla Foods amba confirms hold for July milk price

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Arla Foods amba confirms hold for July milk price

Arla Foods amba’s on account price for conventional and organic milk for July 2019 will remain unchanged. However, this month it will be negatively impacted by a slight quarterly currency smoothing adjustment of 0.01 pence per litre. When applied to the UK manufacturing price this will reduce Arla’s pence per litre for conventional milk to 30.22 pence and 41.97 pence per litre for organic milk from 1 July for Arla’s farmer owners.

Arla Foods amba board director, and farmer owner, Arthur Fearnall, said: “It is being part of a strong European cooperative that has enabled us to hold our conventional milk price for the sixth month in a row. European milk volumes are starting to increase against the same period last year, however, we are still seeing significant regional differences in growth, with UK and Ireland showing strong increases versus last year. Overall, the market, including organic, remains stable with cheese prices falling slightly in recent weeks and commodity markets continuing this year’s trends which have seen fat prices weakening further and protein prices increasing, albeit slower than previously.”

Graham Wilkinson, UK Agriculture director at Arla continues: “A vital part to Arla’s continued success is ensuring we continue to engage directly with consumers to share our farmer owned story and educate people on the benefits of dairy and where it comes from. This year as part of Open Farm Sunday once again Arla farmers did not disappoint with over 40 Arla farmer owners welcoming more than 70,000 people through their gates which is a tremendous achievement. It’s also days like this that highlight the importance of increasing our dialogue with consumers around the sustainability agenda, with dairy farming very much as part of the solution and championing foods that deliver the biggest nutritional benefits for the least environmental impact, which is where dairy scores well”

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  • Arla farmers are paid on constituents via a manufacturing schedule. For ease of comparison, the liquid price is 29.05 pence per litre based on 4% fat and 3.3% protein.
  • Manufacturing price based on every other day collection, top quality, one million litres,4.2% butterfat, 3.4% protein.

Contacts

Arla Foods UK Press Office

Press contact Arla UK (media queries only, no new business or sponsorship requests) 07966136112

Arla Foods is the UK's number largest dairy company.

Arla Foods is a global dairy company and co-operative owned by 10,300 dairy farmers with around circa 2,500 of whom are British.

Dating back to 1881, Arla’s purpose is to secure the highest value for its farmers’ milk, while creating opportunities for their growth. With production facilities in 11 countries and sales offices in a further 30, Arla is the world’s fifth largest dairy company and largest supplier of organic dairy products. Arla has a total of more than 18,000 colleagues and its products are sold under the well-known brands Arla®, Lurpak® and Castello® in more than 100 countries.

Arla Foods UK is the largest dairy company in the country and is home to leading dairy brands Anchor®, Cravendale, and Lactofree® with a turnover of €2.2 billion. As well as being a leading supplier of fresh milk, number one in butter, spreads and cream, Arla is the UK’s largest cheese manufacturer. It has also built the world’s largest fresh milk facility located at Aylesbury and has plans for it to be the first zero carbon site of its kind. The UK business has a team of approximately 3,500 colleagues located at its dairies, distribution centres and head office.

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