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Arla Foods amba has almost doubled the number of British farmer owners as a further 1,300 take up the offer of becoming co-owners of Europe’s largest dairy cooperative and looks to secure a further 300 million litres of owner milk.

When Arla Foods begins selling skimmed milk powder, processed at Westbury Dairies, in Wiltshire, on the Global Dairy Trade auction, from 17 December, it will be the first time that a British dairy product has entered the auction.

Aylesbury dairy has been chosen as one of the winners of an Aylesbury Vale District Council design award.

The first milk for its retail customers has today rolled off the filling lines as Arla Foods puts the finishing touches to its new Aylesbury dairy in Buckinghamshire.

Eighty five per cent of Arla Foods Milk Partnership (AFMP) farmers have already signed up to become co-owners of Arla Foods amba, making the long-standing vision of AFMP to become full owners of the European farmer-owned cooperative a reality.

Arla Foods amba has increased its on-account price to Arla Milk Link members by 0.78ppl, taking the Arla Milk Link standard litre to 33.83ppl, from 28 October 2013.

The next milestone on the journey for MPL/AFMP farmers to become co-owners of Arla Foods amba was reached today, Wednesday 30 October 2013.

At a meeting in Denmark today (9 October 2013) the Arla Foods Board of Representatives, which includes elected members from all owner countries (Denmark,Sweden, the UK, Germany, Luxembourg and Brussels), approved the proposal for MPL (AFMP) farmers to become co-owners of Arla Foods amba from 1 January 2014.

Arla Foods is raising its milk price for AFMP members by 1.5ppl, with effect from 1 November 2013.

Arla Foods has appointed Sarah Baldwin as vice president - marketing, with effect from January 2014.

The Arla Foods amba Board of Directors, and the board of Milk Partnership Limited, Arla Foods Milk Partnership’s (AFMP) investment company of which all AFMP farmers are members, have announced the proposal for the roadmap to co-ownership. This could see a further 1,600 British dairy farmers become co-owners of Arla Foods amba, one of Europe’s leading dairy cooperatives.

Arla is posting significant growth in earnings, revenue and profit for the first half of 2013. The effects of last year's mergers and acquisitions are beginning to be realised and the company has also capitalised on the upturn in the global market for dairy products.