First Milk AGM

supercow

Member
Location
Dumfriesshire
Really!
The reason prices are standardised is so comparisons can be easily made,if you dont't like what you see raise it with FM!:D
Do you or anyone else have any facts? Guessing not? There’s playing the league table and then there’s paying out a geniune price. Everyone on here pretty much has cows that produce butter out of thier udders who get paid insane prices. Normal fat and protein in my area is about 3.9-4.0 fat and 3.15-3.25 and they are generally below what we get paid at first milk
 

vantage

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Pembs
Do you or anyone else have any facts? Guessing not? There’s playing the league table and then there’s paying out a geniune price. Everyone on here pretty much has cows that produce butter out of thier udders who get paid insane prices. Normal fat and protein in my area is about 3.9-4.0 fat and 3.15-3.25 and they are generally below what we get paid at first milk
Well if that's the case then happy days!:p
 

vantage

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Pembs
No no no. The great mighty first milk don’t take any old milk on, it needs to be high quality near factories so ‘everybody’ as you say is not welcome
Oh well ,never mind.They'll just have to keep buying my high quality Arla milk to keep H'west factory running efficiently,just a stone's throw away.
 

supercow

Member
Location
Dumfriesshire
May be ,may be not .
All I can say is that the factory should do well,can't say I agree with FMs divisive pricing and non communication with former members.
Did you know it’s not that divisive now? All on the same price apart from hw Tesco bonus I think. Well not as bad as Arla’s with all the special Asda and Morrison’s bonuses for the large producers.
 

I thats it

Member
The price schedules are much more uniform than they used to be, there's just 1 liquid and 1 manufacturing contract. But then there's the Haverford west supermarket bonus and the nestle bonus, it's better than it was
 
What about the guys in the Island creameries in scotland ? Are they not being disposed off, thought they were being dumped by FM
Newsletter tells you nothing about them, are they gone already ?
 

supercow

Member
Location
Dumfriesshire
What about the guys in the Island creameries in scotland ? Are they not being disposed off, thought they were being dumped by FM
Newsletter tells you nothing about them, are they gone already ?
I will actually ask at the next meeting for all the people that have left to be more informed as to what is happening because it’s a disgrace all this ‘first milks disposed of members’ ‘first milk are losing 100 members a month’ ‘first milk have months to survive’ it’s all bullshiit. So for all your sakes I will ask if it’s possible for non member shareholders to be informed with what’s happening at the business
 
Nobody gets the accounts unless you ask for a copy, we just get the company propaganda brochure( Would cost less to send just the accounts) , only members can go on the website and look at the accounts.
 

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