Stephen Foster from Ayrshire. Really decent honest guy
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- Thread starter rc mx110
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Stephen Foster from Ayrshire. Really decent honest guy
jockthethistle
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Well he would be if he's Ayrshire .. All them dairy boys from Ayrshire are tough but fair ...are there any Glanbia suppliers in Ayrshire. ..? jtt
Not that I know of
jockthethistle
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Arla announce WHAT !!? jtt
jockthethistle
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It must be a big rise ... stunned silence ... jtt
- Location
- Northumberland
1 Euro Cent (up)
jockthethistle
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Parity pound ...!! .. that's nearly a whole penny. wawee. jtt.
early riser
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- Location
- Up North
0.81ppl manufacturing
0.79ppl liquid.
0.79ppl liquid.
Mullers turn next then
supercow
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- Location
- Dumfriesshire
Well done Arla. First milks turn to give another .5 and fall further behind the rest. Spoke to Carl woodcock yesterday, great guy, might take a wander down to yew tree with a pen! Dad would never find out, would he?!
Farmer Keith
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- Location
- North Cumbria
Does anyone know how the .81 is split, all on fat? 50/50 or something different? Looked on the website but can't see the schedule anymore
Cows 'n grass
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- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
You have to look at the full website rather than the app to get the pricing schedules. On an android phone you click on the 3 little dots in a vertical line in the very top right hand corner and choose 'request desktop site'
Butterfat is upto 3.235 from 3.15 and protein is upto 4.53 from 4.41, so still more weight has been added to protein instead of fat which I think is pretty fekin' ridiculous.
@farmer on a bike please can you explain why yet more weighting has been put on protein when the market is being driven by fat.
Butterfat is upto 3.235 from 3.15 and protein is upto 4.53 from 4.41, so still more weight has been added to protein instead of fat which I think is pretty fekin' ridiculous.
@farmer on a bike please can you explain why yet more weighting has been put on protein when the market is being driven by fat.
- Location
- Northumberland
It has been added at the same ratio as previous months.
frederick
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- Location
- south west
As i have already said the ratio is set at beginning of the year by the bor.
If you read the half year accounts statement. Whey is the most profitable part of the business. Just because fat is currently soaring on the spot does not mean protein needs throwing under the bus.
Cows 'n grass
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- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
Thank you, you were the only one who answered my question previously but even you only said that you thought that the ratio was set earlier in the year.
Whey is the most profitable part of Arla Foods Ingredients, not the most profitable part of the whole business. I doubt that all the whey that goes into Volac calf milk power at Taw Valley is more profitable than butter at record prices.
I never suggested that protein should be ignored but it seem another poor system to me if the ratio cannot be altered of the market changes. It is relatively easy to feed for higher fats and if there is a real danger of a fat shortage as Arla have suggested that there might be, then paying proportionately more for fat could easily increase supply and benefit all members.
- Location
- South Molton
Depends if they forward sold and locked into what they thought were record highs at that time.
farmer on a bike
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the ratio of fat to protein is set at the start of each year based on the income over the previous three years. It was moved more to fat this year. We have asked the Amba board for an indication of next year, as we expect a significant increase in fat to protein ratio for the payment.
- Location
- South Molton
I would have thought it was important that it was flexable through the year to react to market forces?