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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.*

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.

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.

Arla’s UK business delivered a solid performance throughout 2021 despite continued disruptions from the pandemic, labour shortages and renewed market volatility created by high inflation. The company delivered growth of its branded sales and much-needed returns to its farmer owners who are faced with rising costs whilst continuing to invest in more sustainable milk production.

There will be no change to the Arla on-account price for conventional and organic milk from 1 February  2022. Meaning that Arla’s milk price for the standard manufacturing litre will remain at 37.58 ppl for conventional and 45.03 ppl for organic milk.

With plans to convert to fossil free trucks, green electricity and low-energy solutions, farmer-owned dairy group, Arla Foods is scaling up its climate target for operations from 30 to 63 per cent by 2030. The new target has been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as consistent with reductions required to keep global warming to 1.5°C.

The Arla on-account price for conventional and organic milk will increase by 1.0 euro cent per kilo from 1 January 2022. This month will also see the milk price be positively impacted by 0.01 pence per litre due to the quarterly currency adjustment.

This means that when applied to the standard manufacturing litre, Arla’s milk price will increase by 0.90 pence per litre bringing its conventional price up to 37.58 ppl and 45.03 ppl for organic.

The Arla on-account price for conventional and organic milk will increase by 3.0 euro cents per kilo from 1 December 2021. This means that when applied to the standard manufacturing litre, Arla’s conventional milk price will increase to 36.68 ppl and 44.13 ppl for organic.

• From January 2022, Arla and Starbucks will develop and pilot a new sustainable dairy sourcing blueprint for Starbucks, designed to help reduce the coffee chains carbon emissions from dairy
• At the end of the three-year pilot, Starbucks hopes to scale the blueprint to support Starbucks dairy suppliers across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
• The pilot will work with 14 of Arla’s UK farmer owners, bringing in the broader scientific and sustainable farming expertise of Arla and working with an independent advisor appointed by Starbucks
• This supports both Starbucks ongoing commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent globally and Arla’s target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent per kilo of milk by 2030

• Arla’s 460,000 cows could provide enough power each year to fuel over 1.2m UK homes
• A single Arla cow’s yearly poo could power three households per year
• Dairy cooperative releases ‘cow poo powered patteries’ to highlight the untapped potential across Britain’s dairy farms to help drive the nation towards renewable energy targets

Arla has joined forces with the Leeds United Foundation in a bid to blow the final whistle on food insecurity for young people in the local community.

The Arla on-account price for conventional milk will increase by 1.0 euro cent per kilo and the organic milk price will remain unchanged in the UK, from 1 November 2021.

This means that when applied to the standard manufacturing litre Arla’s conventional milk price will increase by 0.90 pence to 33.52 pence per litre the organic milk price will remain at 40.98 pence per litre for Arla’s farmer owners.