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The farmer owned dairy cooperative Arla Foods enters plant based drinks sector to offer oat based options made only from natural ingredients.

Arla Foods amba’s on account price for conventional milk will increase by 1 eurocent for March 2020. When applied to the UK manufacturing price it will increase by 0.90 pence per litre to 30.94ppl. The Arla on-account price for UK organic milk will decrease by 1 eurocent for March 2020 which when applied to the UK manufacturing price will see a decrease of 0.90 pence per litre to 39.98ppl.

The Arla Foods Group has announced strong global growth for 2019, with a slight revenue increase in the UK, driven by continued growth in the company’s branded sales.

Speaking at the Dairy Tech event this week, Graham Wilkinson, Senior Director of Agriculture at Arla Foods UK has called on farmers to ignore the foghorn of anti-dairy voices and instead focus on ensuring we all play our part to promote the superfood that is dairy.

Arla Foods UK has confirmed that it will acquire the legal entity PCL 24/7 Ltd and take on the services which are currently performed by PCL Transport 24/7 Ltd, with the exception of Bristol. The sale will enable Arla Foods to assure the future operations at the Hatfield site and the continuation of service to its customers. 

The Arla on-account prices for conventional and organic milk will remain unchanged for February 2020.  When applied to the UK manufacturing price Arla’s pence per litre for its farmer owners for conventional milk will remain at 30.04 pence and the organic price at 40.88 pence per litre, from 1 February.

Arla Foods amba’s on account price for conventional, as well as organic milk in the UK, for January 2020 will remain unchanged. However, this month it will be negatively impacted by a slight quarterly currency smoothing adjustment of 0.15 pence per litre. 

With support building from retailers, foodservice companies, industry and Government for Arla’s new calf policy, the cooperative is now turning to companies at the forefront of innovation to help those farmers who will be revaluating their current calf rearing practices.

Arla Foods amba’s on account price for conventional and organic milk for December 2019 will remain unchanged. When applied to the UK manufacturing price Arla’s pence per litre for conventional milk will remain at 30.19 pence and the organic price at 41.03 pence per litre, from 1 December for Arla’s farmer owners.

Arla Foods amba’s on account price for conventional milk for November 2019 will once again remain unchanged, however, the UK organic milk price will reduce by 0.91 pence per litre.

Arla Foods amba’s on account price for conventional and organic milk in the UK for October 2019 will once again remain unchanged.