FrieslandCampina has proposed the introduction of an independent milk price
for organic dairy farmers — in line with growing European demand for organic dairy products.
Not exact matches
The goal is to significantly step up its ambitions
for organic dairy business in the UK as the
farmer - owned company, Arla announced.
With stricter pasture rules raising costs in the
organic dairy sector, higher producer prices
for organic milk are likely needed to attract more
dairy farmers into this sector.
Organic dairy processors had recruited new
organic dairy farmers to add capacity and pushed hard
for them to transition to
organic production before June 2007, when an
organic regulatory provision that eased whole herd conversion from conventional to
organic production was set to expire.
«Using milk from local
dairy farmers, we are embracing choices
for our customers to include offerings made with local rBST free milk,
organic milk as well as certified
organic grass fed milk,» said Byrne.
Following the increase, Arla Milk Link suppliers — with the exception of
organic dairy farmers - will be paid 27.5 ppl
for their raw milk.
General Manager of Sales and Category, Lynley Radford, says sourcing certified
organic milk gets harder every year, and having walked up and down many a
dairy track to talk to
farmers about converting, she appreciates how difficult it is
for producers to get
organic certification.
UK
dairy processor Milk Link will pay
farmers more money
for their
organic milk from this October as the industry attempts to keep pace with soaring demand.
The signature product
for Organic Valley, this butter is produced using
organic milk sourced from
Organic Valley's co-op of 1,779
dairy farmers.
Founding the Creamery the same year, Straus sought to create a market
for local,
organic milk, and develop a community of
organic dairy farmers in the region.
At the Hood
Dairy in Oneida, Hanna ticked off the things in the Farm Bill that will help upstate New York farmers: the five - year bill provides stability for farmers; it transitions farmers to a more modern dairy support program; it expands crop insurance, offers more support for organic farming, and help to young farmers who want to get in the busi
Dairy in Oneida, Hanna ticked off the things in the Farm Bill that will help upstate New York
farmers: the five - year bill provides stability
for farmers; it transitions
farmers to a more modern
dairy support program; it expands crop insurance, offers more support for organic farming, and help to young farmers who want to get in the busi
dairy support program; it expands crop insurance, offers more support
for organic farming, and help to young
farmers who want to get in the business.
MIDDLEBURY
Organic dairy farmers will learn about bedded and composted packs, high quality milk production, strategies
for financial success and the latest
organic dairy research at a day - long conference on March 15 in Randolph Center.
In 2008, like all other conventional prices, the price
for organic feed
for dairy cows and other livestock shot up so quickly — without milk processors and marketers paying
farmers more to make up the gap — that
for the first time in history, conventional
dairy farmers were making more than
organic (conventional milk prices were at unprecedented highs)!
For a list of
organic raw
dairy farmers and vendors, see Realmilk.com, a site brought to you by the Weston A. Price Foundation.
The next manure - to - vehicle project from Straus is said to be a fully - electric
Farmers Market truck, which will haul the company's
organic dairy products to local markets in the Bay area, but there's no word on the timing
for that manure - to - market venture.
Researchers from the University of Guelph followed farms that converted from conventional to
organic dairy farming over five years to see if it really is viable and better
for farmers; the answer appears to be yes.
For dairy farmers facing pressure to «get big or get out,» going
organic is an increasingly viable alternative, providing both environmental and economic benefits.