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First Milk eager to recruit more producers for Cumbria plant
Dairy co-op First Milk has said it is looking for more local milk to supply its Apatria plant in Cumbria. Robert Craig, part of the seven-member…
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Higher dairy prices fuels worry over rising debt for Dairy Crest
Dairy Crest, the maker of Utterly Butterly, Clover and Cathedral City Cheddar cheese expects net debt to be 'somewhat' higher than last year due to…
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Dairy experts say cows need to stop getting 'bigger and bigger'
Farmers are being warned that their dairy cows are growing too much in stature, a trend which is hoped will be stopped to ensure efficiency. For…
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UK to be EU's largest customer for dairy products after Brexit, AHDB Dairy says
After Brexit, the UK would be the EU’s largest customer for dairy products, if trade continued at recent levels. According to AHDB Dairy, the UK…
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European dairy markets expected to become more balanced in 2017
European dairy markets are expected to become more balanced in 2017, providing more stability than has been seen over the past two years. However, a…
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Welsh farmers urged to band together to negotiate milk prices
Union leaders in Wales are hoping that dairy farmers will 'club together' in the form of Dairy Producer Organisations (DPO) to negotiate better…
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Rugby star praises whole milk as wonder ingredient which helped recover broken leg
Milk has been praised as the wonder ingredient that allowed front-rower rugby player Joe Marler to recover from a broken leg in time to play for…
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First Milk to repay its 1000 farmer owners for fortnight missed milk payments
Dairy organisation First Milk is to repay its 1,000 farmer-owners for a fortnight’s missed milk payments. With effect from 10th February, the…
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Muller to hold March milk price
Muller Milk & Ingredients has frozen its March standard non-aligned milk price. Muller is the first major processor to freeze its price since the…
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Arla to invest £37.5m in UK dairy sites
Dairy organisation Arla Foods is planning to invest approximately £37.5 million in its UK sites and logistics in 2017, an increase of 51 per cent…
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