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Sid

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
South Molton
You seen many Arla farms cutting numbers.
One farm has sold all their cows, who knows what the others intentions are
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Sid

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
South Molton
I would guess these must all be direct suppliers rather than members? Members have an evergreen contract so can't be served notice unless they don't comply to something like welfare rules.
Interestly they weren't offered, as far as I am aware, an option to become full Arla members before the registration of Interest was opened up to all.
 

frederick

Member
Location
south west
Interestly they weren't offered, as far as I am aware, an option to become full Arla members before the registration of Interest was opened up to all.
They are Arla directs.
Somebody pre Arla cocked up the waitrose group and less than 50% of the milk had the waitrose premium the rest had to be found another organic home.

The waitrose duchy organic contract is coming to an end. In normal situations a supermarket moves all their aligned milk to the new supplier. So if any one is getting notice surely waitrose is also ditching it's suppliers in not insisting muller takes them all on.
 

coomoo

Member
3 farms near me with circa 4500 cows on Arla, one 2000 muller, one 2000 lactallis and one with a few units again say 2000 Yew Tree. All buying farms, land even renting will soak up a fair few cows going off elsewhere and in my area.
 
Location
Cheshire
Trouble is none of us know how much arla is short by, they may only need 10 million litres which is only 10 farms around their factory?

I do wonder if it was a clever (very clever) marketing move by them to push retailers into price increases because "even they" are short of milk?
I think it was more to do with making the other processors sit up and pay up or lose suppliers. It's untenable that in the UK Arla could end up paying 10ppl+ more than the rest if there was no chance of the rest losing suppliers.
 

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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