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Arla calls for urgent action across government and the industry to attract new talent into farming

Arla and Magic Breakfast partner to provide nutritious dairy to schools and help children understand where their food comes from 

From 1st July 2022, the Arla on-account price will increase by 2.0 €c/kg for conventional milk and 1.0 €c/kg for organic milk. This will increase Arla’s farmgate milk price for the standard manufacturing litre by 1.66 pence per litre (ppl) to 49.45 ppl for conventional and 0.74 ppl for organic, taking the organic milk price to 55.11 ppl. The quarterly currency exchange rate adjustment will negatively impact the on-account price by 0.12 ppkg.

From 1 June 2022, there will be an increase of 5.0 €c/kg to the Arla on-account price for both conventional and organic milk. This will increase Arla’s farmgate milk price for the standard manufacturing litre by 4.49 pence per litre to 47.79 ppl for conventional and 54.34 ppl for organic milk.

Over 2,000 Arla farmers are issuing an apology to hay fever sufferers after their successful Bee Road initiative has led to an increase in bee-friendly planting, and in turn, pollen, leading to more itchy eyes and runny noses this summer.

The nation sees ‘planting pollinator patches for bees’ as the most important to encourage biodiversity. However, with a whopping 45 million of us believed to be suffering from hay fever, many will be affected as a result.*

From 1 May 2022, there will be an increase of 4.0 €c/kg to the Arla on-account price for conventional milk and 3.0 €c/kg for organic milk.

This will increase Arla’s farmgate milk price for the standard manufacturing litre by 3.58 pence per litre to 43.30 ppl for conventional and 49.58 ppl for organic milk.  

Nearly half (49 per cent) of the UK say they would make big changes to their diets based on what they read on social media, whilst two in five (41 per cent) are unsure of what makes a sustainable diet

Arla and its 2,100 farmer owners are encouraging the nation to look at the full life cycle of food and farming before making drastic decisions to remove entire food groups from their diets.

Following the launch of the global Arla Group Future26 strategy, Arla is announcing new growth ambitions in the UK for the next five years – with a heavy focus on strengthening the sustainability, value and efficiency of dairy.

As part of the growth strategy, Arla will also explore export opportunities out of the UK for the first time as well as the need for more milk, from existing and potentially new farmer owners in the UK.

There will be an increase of 0.5 euro cent to the Arla on-account price for conventional and organic milk from 1 April  2022. However, this will be negatively impacted by 0.12 pence per litre quarterly currency adjustment, meaning that Arla’s farmgate milk price for the standard manufacturing litre will increase by 0.34 pence per litre to 39.72 ppl for conventional and 47.17 ppl for organic milk.

Arla Foods has initiated preparations to suspend its business in Russia. This will cover both its local operations and imports, which were much reduced by the embargo put in place in 2014.

There will be an increase of 2.0 euro cent to the Arla on-account price for conventional and organic milk from 1 March  2022. Meaning that Arla’s farmgate milk price for the standard manufacturing litre will increase by1.8 pence per litre to 39.38 ppl for conventional and 46.83 ppl for organic milk.

Paul Savage has been appointed as the new permanent Director overseeing the UK Member and Agri Commercial organisation and the ongoing service of Arla’s 2,340 members in the UK, he will also be a member of the Arla UK leadership team.