Bad day for some Scottish dairy farms

[upnortheast]

Seems Muller have given their Aberdeenshire producers 12 months notice
and
First Milk email says local producers have been unable to devise a financially viable scheme to allow them to take on the Cambelltown Creamery

 

[Coo man]

Seems Muller have given their Aberdeenshire producers 12 months notice
and
First Milk email says local producers have been unable to devise a financially viable scheme to allow them to take on the Cambelltown Creamery

First milk will still haul the milk though away from Campbeltown

 

[I thats it]

First milk will still haul the milk though away from Campbeltown

Yes the first milk situation whilst sad it's much less terminal than for muller members north of Aberdeen.
I'd say it's worrying times for any dairy producer that's not located near a decent milk field

 

[Bald Rick]

Ian Potter made the point that the Muller farmers were expanding without notifying the dairy.

True?

 

[bigw]

I think they could expand at 10% per year without informing them.

 

[bigw]

The UK is badly needing to spend money on processing capacity, particularly in Scotland. Falling liquid milk sales wont be helping the matter either.

 

[deere 6600]

The UK is badly needing to spend money on processing capacity, particularly in Scotland. Falling liquid milk sales wont be helping the matter either.

And do what make it into cheese and butter they canny sell !!!!!!!!

 

[bigw]

And do what make it into cheese and butter they canny sell !!!!!!!!

Other dairy products or reduce production.

 

[Bald Rick]

I think they could expand at 10% per year without informing them.

Think it’s been compounding since 2012 so even if they weren’t doing 10% it’s still equals a lot of extra milk heading over the border

 

[bigw]

Think it’s been compounding since 2012 so even if they weren’t doing 10% it’s still equals a lot of extra milk heading over the border

How could Muller not realise they had too much milk, they pick the stuff up everyday!

 

[upnortheast]

How could Muller not realise they had too much milk, they pick the stuff up everyday!

Sometimes think dairy companies forward planning people think next weekend is a long way in front.
You would think they would get wind of the fact many of their suppliers were spending big bucks on faciliies & ponder what the effect would be. on volumes
Like a lot of big companies there will be too many timeservers & beancounters & not enough visionaries & innovaters

 

[Milkcow365]

Anyone spoke to yew tree to see how much it will cost for them to pick the milk up?
On the map it’s not that wild to skelmersdale,
When travelling north journey times are nothing compared with going south into England with the extra traffic.

 

[upnortheast]

On the map it’s not that wild to skelmersdale,

Route planner says 6 hours & 340 miles
100 miles just to get to Glasgow !

 

[Milkcow365]

Route planner says 6 hours & 340 miles
100 miles just to get to Glasgow !

Yeah just looked again!! You forget how south we are

 

[pappuller]

Yeah just looked again!! You forget how south we are

You, south ??

 

[Bald Rick]

Anyone spoke to yew tree to see how much it will cost for them to pick the milk up?
On the map it’s not that wild to skelmersdale,
When travelling north journey times are nothing compared with going south into England with the extra traffic.

Potter was suggesting minimum of 1.75ppl levy on farmers for transport but also pointed out that this doesn’t play well with food miles (but at least had the grace to say that imported euro milk has greater miles)

 

[Milkcow365]

You, south ??

In the scheme of Scotland Aberdeen is only half way to the top

 

[Bipper]

First milk will still haul the milk though away from Campbeltown

In the same way Muller said they would continue to collect milk in the North East?

 

[Blue.]

Anyone spoke to yew tree to see how much it will cost for them to pick the milk up?
On the map it’s not that wild to skelmersdale,
When travelling north journey times are nothing compared with going south into England with the extra traffic.

Be quicker by boat.

I'm 27 miles from Skem,think I should get a milk miles bonus.

 

[miniconnect]

And do what make it into cheese and butter they canny sell !!!!!!!!

There's plenty demand for the products, the people in the chain between producers and consumers just aren't willing to accept a slightly smaller margin for it.