court proceedings would follow ! We have some legal work, ongoing, that stopped, due to increased workload from farmers getting court letters, from companies. Its a shame that we cant sue for 'break of contract'.
But it was "your" company. You can't sue yourself can you?
How far are you from Haverfordwest, would you consider FM ?@Cowabunga
Do they collect every day? I haven’t got the tank capacity for eod collection and have zero desire in investing anything more in the job. The day is fast approaching when I’m out of milk production and into subsistence farming as a hobby.
Is Tesco a co-op owned by its suppliers?
So they say through paid farmer reps, BOR etc.
Sorry to hear about this, you must have the same milk buyer as us. Ours was worse than that even, 40% of April milk was at 5ppl, 60% at 11ppl, averaged out at around 9ppl for the whole month. Most milk we turned out on the farm was in April, so got penalised for producing more then previous years. It was only 2015 we had the last shoeing milk price wise, and I'm pretty sure a lot are still recovering from thst crash, only to be welcomed by this shambles. Leaves very little options unfortunately.
by the time we had finished with talking, and going walking, we had decided it was run by managers, for the benefit of managers, there was some serious money, paid to the lower rank 'managers' - the ones that go face to face with farmers. What did surprise us, was the effort put in, to change our minds, they really did not want us to go. But, it was up to them, sort collections out, wash tank, or give us some slack. Up to 3 tankers a night, no agitator after first tanker, seldom pushed the auto wash button, higher BScans, no leeway.
Trouble so seem to follow you round mind. ?
Basically yes but you have to work together to have an impact and for change to happen.
I thought you found the issue and wasn’t it your parlour? The member service team are there to help but if issues arise they have to be dealt with. Wether that’s a high cell count antibiotic failure or issues with farm assurance. They are also working tirelessly To help farmers with the new Arla garden review, climate checks and Arla garden plus.
feels like that, that one was definitely not our fault, pity though, thought joining a co-op that works, the right thing to do. Couldn't blame the tanker firm, they are screwed to the floor on price, logical move, running full tankers, we were the unlucky ones farming close to a main road !
yes, afterwards, did think bscan and multiple pick ups, but it stayed under the 50 band, for a long time after, with odd peaks, only getting stupid last 2 years, 19 last pick-up, so am increasingly optimistic we have found the cause, bloody good job too, its soul destroying fighting it, with no obvious answer, we were told, it was the best thing to have a massive spike, easier to find, but only found it by chance - plant had been given a serious testing, showing all OK.
The difference is: "Arla’s mission is to secure the highest value for our farmers’ milk while creating opportunities for their growth."
