Arla

[farmer on a bike]

Everything we've tried so far hasn't broken these supermarket groups let's be honest. Even Morrison's have gone back to one of sorts. So we are ending a strong milk year with more dedicated supply groups to when we started. Our brands should be driving us much harder than they are. Looks like they're not good enough on their own to bring prices up. That arla have decided to ramp up farm assurance demands to get USP other our competitors. Which other dairy company world wide is doing this? Even marks and Spencer stood by their producer over the calf hutches.
I must admit I couldn't make my local meeting because of tb testing. But I do feel arla deliberately had bigger meetings to stop the council members getting huge amounts of flak. I do believe they should be more accountable for such things.
Does this arla garden plus work alongside the herd companion on NMR?

I would say forum members generally get more flak at larger meetings in my experience. There will be more smaller scale meetings about Arla garden plus in the next few months. Milklink was getting ready to put in a similar farm assurance scheme 6 years ago, the merger halted it. Many of the our competitors are already moving this way and we cannot be left behind. Sorry but it is desperately needed to face down the sh!t put out by the vegans etc. Many of our owners in the UK believe we should be going further and quicker, and they probably out number those that believe it is the wrong thing to do, so reps get criticised from both sides.

 

[bar718]

I would say forum members generally get more flak at larger meetings in my experience. There will be more smaller scale meetings about Arla garden plus in the next few months. Milklink was getting ready to put in a similar farm assurance scheme 6 years ago, the merger halted it. Many of the our competitors are already moving this way and we cannot be left behind. Sorry but it is desperately needed to face down the sh!t put out by the vegans etc. Many of our owners in the UK believe we should be going further and quicker, and they probably out number those that believe it is the wrong thing to do, so reps get criticised from both sides.

Absolutely agree here with @foab ( except for the milklink bit as I was Afmp so wouldn't know ). This information is needed . If you don't agree, blame social media and the rise of the vegans " education program " with there factual documentaries which certain elements of the population may agree with bits of it or enough to get them questioning us .
The dairy is scary video has had 4295000 hits on you tube and there will be a % of people who believe this rubbish , so we need facts to answer there arguments.

 

[dairyrow]

I think your forgetting in we are in the age of the snow flake generation. Not sure were this leaves livestock farming tbh. Don't know if it really is going to placate vegans. George monbiot already been called out for double standards and tech mongols are already funding fake meat, leather and be interesting to see how long milk from fermentation vats comes along.

Being a tenant every investment has to be carefully looked at and if the goal posts keep moving. I would of borrowed or invested money in something wasn't fit for purpose. I've been looking on the arla page nothing and the lack of information and communication isn't there.

Yes I remember milk link starting it and couldn't get on it for some reason at the time. End the arla merger came.

The problem I have are these vegans actually customers? I think the answer is no. All I've seen is baby calves yet we seam to flying off in a different direction.

All I ask is that it links is with NMR herd companion and the inspector visits get shortened if we do all this some of the stuff is wasting time.

This is my problem I don't believe it will sell any more product and just another level of paper for little benefit in the long run. Prove me wrong by all means.

What happens to people that fill it in wrong? Does it become a. One compliance

 

[dinderleat]

Hopefully there is nothing wrong with the drawing just needs detail improving and getting officially signed off

They've added more detail about one collection on the website.

 

[cornishfarmer]

They've added more detail about one collection on the website.

where on the arla portal?

 

[bar718]

where on the arla portal?

If you go onto the main arla web site then click onto the farm matters page ( from top menu bar ) . From this you can then click onto the arlagarden link , then click the milk collection box then follow to the different links on collection and 3" outlet specifications .

 

[dinderleat]

Here's the link
https://farmer.arla.com/portal/farm-matters/arlagrden/milk-collection/[/QUOTE]

 

[supercow]

What % of Arla farms are organic? Very clever advertising from the Arla team.

 

[Casecrazy]

I think arla as a whole produce about 700 million litres of organic milk a year out of a total of around 14 billion litres of milk, so about 5%.

 

[Farmer1001]

Like or loath Arla, all the other major processors are three leagues below their (Arla) awareness and ambition with innovation and PR. Having said that, I still maintain their "shoe hornibg" of free range into the organic brand is a mistake, it won't result in a measurable increase in sales. All other sectors saw the benefit of supplying the consumer demand for conventional, free range and organic - and all saw the biggest growth being FR. But, Arla are no fools, they will undoubtedly produce a FR option in due course, it's just a shame they are going to waste time and effort by not doing so right now. This is not a start of FR v the rest debate, this is about Arla leading the field - regardless of how they do it.

 

[Sid]

Like or loath Arla, all the other major processors are three leagues below their (Arla) awareness and ambition with innovation and PR. Having said that, I still maintain their "shoe hornibg" of free range into the organic brand is a mistake, it won't result in a measurable increase in sales. All other sectors saw the benefit of supplying the consumer demand for conventional, free range and organic - and all saw the biggest growth being FR. But, Arla are no fools, they will undoubtedly produce a FR option in due course, it's just a shame they are going to waste time and effort by not doing so right now. This is not a start of FR v the rest debate, this is about Arla leading the field - regardless of how they do it.

I think you have posted this in the wrong section it should be in WTF!
Shoehorning free range into organic? Organic is free range always has been always will be. Figures show it exceeds the FR standards. It reaches all of them and more.
Well done Arla for putting FR on their brand great move. Organic sales are on the increase and have been before FR even got listed.

I was going to ask some questions of you but a wrong thread and b you wouldn't answer them anyway

 

[Farmer1001]

They keep on coming! Arla Pro launch tomorrow

 

[bar718]

View attachment 591164 They keep on coming! Arla Pro launch tomorrow

Complete with its own website
https://www.arlapro.com/en-gb/

 

[Casecrazy]

Sneaky marketing by dairy crest I thought.

 

[Fergieman]

Made in Poland. Nothing to do with Arla mind.

 

[Fergieman]

Prawnography what a name for a food supplier

 

[Sid]

View attachment 591360 View attachment 591358 Sneaky marketing by dairy crest I thought.

Where does the cheese come from? Uk cheese processed cheaper outside the UK?
If the revenue helps UK farmer shareholders where is the issue?

 

[jade35]

Where does the cheese come from? Uk cheese processed cheaper outside the UK?
If the revenue helps UK farmer shareholders where is the issue?

Probably this:-

The middle logo hasn't come out properly but states 'Made in Great Britain using British milk'
http://cathedralcity.co.uk/our-range/spreadable/

Edited: From the website, not the container.

 

[Casecrazy]

Hope this gets sorted out quickly

http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/theres-something-weird-going-morrisons-651121

 

[coomoo]

Oh ffs