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Dairy Farmers of Britain operates across England and Wales and has around 2600 farmer members.
Members are dairy farmers who supply Dairy Farmers of Britain with milk and vote in the election of farmer representatives for the member council, which elects the board. The board and executive are 100 per cent accountable to the members, who contribute to the financing of the co-operative through capital retention and financial agreements.
The business is structured to provide excellent member communication and involvement, a means of raising substantial capital and a clear strategy of growth and development through investment in the supply chain. We are committed to providing a sustainable future for our farmer members.
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Autumn Returns Well Above League Table Levels
Industry-leading seasonality payments meant members received an average of just under 26p/litre in September across our non-organic black and white supply schedules, with London Liquid Premium suppliers averaging comfortably over 27p/litre, reveal our latest Member Business Centre analyses. What’s more, with top 10% London Liquid and Llandyrnog suppliers earning an average of 28.13 p/litre and 27.76 p/litre respectively, a significant proportion of our herds are clearly making the most of this year’s seasonality bonuses to earn returns well above current league table levels.
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Llandyrnog Earns Growing Middle Eastern Reputation
We are creating a growing reputation for ourselves, our cheese-making expertise and British dairy farming as a whole across the Middle East, following the first major export business secured with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait this autumn. In just three months, our substantial initial order for mild Welsh cheddar from Llandyrnog has grown by fully 30% as food chains, delicatessens, Gulf Air and other outlets have come to appreciate the quality it offers. What’s more, cheese and ingredients commercial manager, Paul Carlisle sees the potential as massive. New Zealand and Ireland are already active in the market, he reports, but both the Saudis and Kuwaitis have been especially impressed by our facilities at Llandyrnog and the close relationships we have with farmer members as well as the consistent quality of our cheese. Although the 5 kg blocks of mild cheddar we are supplying are repackaged for their specific markets, our name and heritage is firmly proclaimed on the labels. “Our heritage and quality is already earning us an excellent name in markets that are very far from price sensitive and remain virtually unaffected by the current world economic downturn,” Paul comments. “This business is proving an extremely valuable extra string to our milk marketing bow which I can only see growing.”
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