Arla

[pine_guy]

1.96 ppl on last year's milk.

It comes at the perfect time for a spring calver after a couple of very small milk cheques.

1.4 here as we struggled with constituents at startup. But agreed, we are a third dry and more to go off soon and not started calving yet, so it really helps the cash flow as all the big bills come in spring, rent, fert, and some pre bought sugar beet for summer feeding

 

[celtis man]

whats going on at trevarion then with the arla factory ?

 

[dinderleat]

whats going on at trevarion then with the arla factory ?

It’s closing for economic reasons. There’s an explanation on the website.

 

[celtis man]

It’s closing for economic reasons. There’s an explanation on the website.

i have read this on the web site , this leaves cornwall with no arla owned processing sites in the county ! how much will it cost to close and didn't management ought to explore another use for the factory ? after all management said that rodda's were not the only ones able to make cornish cream ! and who is going to pay to haul even more milk to devon and beyond !?

 

[dinderleat]

i have read this on the web site , this leaves cornwall with no arla owned processing sites in the county ! how much will it cost to close and didn't management ought to explore another use for the factory ? after all management said that rodda's were not the only ones able to make cornish cream ! and who is going to pay to haul even more milk to devon and beyond !?

It was a small factory and only processing around 7.5mil litres a year which is a tanker load a day give or take. Transport wise That’s the trouble with Cornwall what ever product you have wether it’s cheese cream or milk all have to be transported out of the county to the consumers.

 

[Sid]

It was a small factory and only processing around 7.5mil litres a year which is a tanker load a day give or take. Transport wise That’s the trouble with Cornwall what ever product you have wether it’s cheese cream or milk all have to be transported out of the county to the consumers.

Size doesn't matter its about margin.

 

[dairyrow]

Thought the product would be quite high margin though compared to cheddar.

 

[jerseycowsman]

It was a small factory and only processing around 7.5mil litres a year which is a tanker load a day give or take. Transport wise That’s the trouble with Cornwall what ever product you have wether it’s cheese cream or milk all have to be transported out of the county to the consumers.

Um, you should always have the factory where the milk is, much cheaper to transport the finished product versus watery milk

 

[coomoo]

Take’s some confidence to question Ash’s leadership on our behalf of the Uk arm.

 

[dinderleat]

Size doesn't matter its about margin.

That was the trouble

 

[dinderleat]

Take’s some confidence to question Ash’s leadership on our behalf of the Uk arm.

There is a difference to questioning someone’s leadership to asking questions of which is always needed to be asked who ever it is.

 

[dinderleat]

Um, you should always have the factory where the milk is, much cheaper to transport the finished product versus watery milk

Not always the case and will depend on the product, it is a shame Arla have decided to close this factory but it is for the good of the business/members. But as long as we don’t loose processing capacity we will need some investment for expansion at the other sites.

 

[coomoo]

There is a difference to questioning someone’s leadership to asking questions of which is always needed to be asked who ever it is.

Sound like my wife

 

[happycows]

37 staff and all the overheads of keeping and maintaining a factory for a tanker load of milk a day,
as sad as it is for those staff I can’t say it’s surprising.

I would have loved for them to have bought Davidstow and Cathedral City but again it was priced top whack and it needed to pay its way.

 

[early riser]

Um, you should always have the factory where the milk is, much cheaper to transport the finished product versus watery milk

I was told the opposite when Arla built Aylesbury

 

[Farmer Keith]

I was told the opposite when Arla built Aylesbury

unfortunately it’s true, exactly the same reason all the local abattoirs have gone.

 

[jerseycowsman]

Not always the case and will depend on the product, it is a shame Arla have decided to close this factory but it is for the good of the business/members. But as long as we don’t loose processing capacity we will need some investment for expansion at the other sites.

Not really saying it was wrong to close it.
But davidstow is where it is for a reason. And the worlds largest cheese factory was built in the middle of nowhere in Texas, not even any dairy farms near it. New dairy farms were built around it

 

[frederick]

I was told the opposite when Arla built Aylesbury

Aylesbury is the opposite because a more bulky product comes out than went in so near consumers. Cheese a concentrated product comes out so near the milk field.

 

[farmer on a bike]

I was told the opposite when Arla built Aylesbury

It depends on the product. If the processing reduces the weight significantly, for example cheese, butter, powder etc then you need the factory in the milk field as it reduces transport cost. With liquid milk and yoghurt, processing does not reduce the weight and volume, in fact with the packaging, the volume increase significantly. In this case you want the processing nearer to the consumers.

 

[farmer on a bike]

Aylesbury is the opposite because a more bulky product comes out than went in so near consumers. Cheese a concentrated product comes out so near the milk field.

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