Meanwhile, Arla Foods is holding its current price for July. First Milk’s price increase applies from August 1 and takes its manufacturing standard litre to 31.0p/litre. The price includes the member premium payment for milk with 4.2 percent butterfat and 3.4 percent protein. For the current milk year, the member premium is being held at 0.5p/litre, payable to those who have reached their capital target. The payment is made at the end of each milk year and for 2020-21 was worth £4,800 to the average member. It is First Milk’s fourth consecutive monthly rise and vice-chairman Robert Craig, an Ainstable dairy producer, said the uptick was due to capital investments in efficiency and productivity at its processing sites. “We continue to deliver solid business performance and this increase reflects our aim to maximise our returns to members, particularly at a time when we know input costs are increasing at farm level,” Mr Craig said.
But Arla producers will see an unchanged milk price for July
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Cumbria reacts to Government scheme to pay older farmers to retire
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A GOVERNMENT scheme that would see older farmers paid to retire has provoked an angry response from the Cumbrian farming industry. The scheme, designed to bring new blood into the trade, would see the average farmer receive a lump sum payment of £50,000 - capped at £100,000 for farmers with most land. It is part of a massive overhaul of farm grants, incentivising farmers to protect the environment. Older farmers are often most resistant to new green methods, and Environment Secretary George Eustice wants them to move on. But Alistair Mackintosh, National Farmers Union Cumbrian council delegate and west Cumbrian farmer, said he found the whole thing patronising . To suggest it needs the young generation to farm shows a complete lack of understanding by the government.I feel insulted that they say the next generation can manage the challenges as we move forward. As a farmer I have had to deal with quotas, BSE, Foot and Mouth, changes to the CAP reform, and I have ma