On top of the guaranteed price, every organic
dairy farmer member will receive a performance payment and an amount of fixed member bonds.
Dairy
farmer members of the Co-operative Dairy Group will receive a one pence per litre (ppl) increase on their August 2012 rate.
Kim is the representative
for farmer member Gemtree Vineyards and has organised and run stands at trade and consumer events in Europe, North America and Australia, while working actively with organic businesses via Australian Culinary Foods, to assist them in market access, business development and business grants.
All samples came
from farmer members of CROPP Cooperative and were tested by an independent laboratory.
Other OFA policies address issues such as the organic checkoff, where 77 % of OFA certified
organic farmer members voted to oppose the proposed Organic Research and Promotion Program (ORPP) that would mandate organic farmers and handlers to pay an assessment on organic net sales each year.
Milk Link Chairman, Ronnie Bell, said that the company had rewarded the hard work of its dairy
farmer members by increasing the prices paid for milk and «by delivering a record rate of return on their investment in the business».
A final decision will be made following dialogue
with farmer members of AFMP, in September 2010.
OMSCo was formed in 1994 by a group of dairy farmers as a better way to farm, and it now has over 200
farmer members across the UK.
Over the coming weeks I look forward to
meeting farmer members, employees, partners and customers as we work together to address those challenges with urgency and focus.»
Arla is making positive steps forward in the UK and it is important that we continue to play our part by working closely with Arla to build a sustainable future
for farmer members, having made an initial investment in 2008.»
Discussing 2011 performance, Kennedy said that the co-operative benefited from strong commodity prices for skimmed milk powder, cream, curd and whey products; from an increase in milk production
from farmer members and cost - saving measures.
OFA will help organic farm organizations to share policy positions, educational programs, resources, strategies for stronger organizational capacity, as well as real tools and training to better serve their own
organic farmer members.
The deal is subject to agreement by the two companies» 16,000
dairy farmer members and approval by the competition authority.
«The State Government's support is another critical step in the Project becoming a reality and
our farmer members again having water better suited to farm irrigation,» he said.
Richard Hampton, managing director at OMSCo, said; «We initiated projects to boost iodine levels and applied these to
our farmer members» enterprises, and by early 2015 we announced that we'd achieved comparable levels with those in the conventional market.
As of 2013 approximately 30,000
farmer members are registered in the people's organizations.
«This will allow us to utilize both sites better and deliver improved returns to
our farmer members.»
Australian Organic will continue to stand up for and look after
our farmer member interests to ensure they are able to live and farm within their communities and do not bear the brunt of anti-GMO — as opposed to pro-organic — campaigning.
We are also a pro organic farmer movement and we need to remain sensitised to the myriad of challenges
our farmer members already face day to day.
We will not permit the situation where
our farmer members are placed on the front line in future anti GMO campaigns, pitting them against neighbours and their community.
The representatives of the co-operatives»
farmer members will be informed of the merger details at their annual assemblies and the final decision will then be passed at extraordinary assemblies no later than the end of the year.
With 180
farmer members, Eko Holland handles 100 million litres of organic milk and has 13 processor partners.
A leading European dairy cooperative has announced it will return prices paid to
its farmer members to rates similar to before surging values recorded in mid-2007, risking further wrath from concerned farmers in the bloc.
Wexford Milk Producers, Dairy Crest's partner in Wexford Creamery, has increased its stake from 20 % to 70 % after the approval of
its farmer members for the transaction.
Issues in relation to agricultural planning schemes continually affect many of
our farmer members and we welcome this opportunity to communicate these issues to the relevant authorities.
As stewards of the land,
our farmer members are endeavouring to work with the original owners of this country to create a more socially equitable and ecologically sustainable nation, and a truly food sovereign future.
With a continuous milk supply from their 3,200 dairy
farmer members and control over a vast supply chain, Land O'Lakes, Inc. ensures a consistent, quality supply of dairy ingredients for its customers.
It also commemorates the tremendous contribution to development in the south made by the Toledo Cacao Growers» Association (TCGA) and its hundreds of
farmer members.