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Unlike a direct sale of raw milk for consideration, a shareholder pays a one-time fee in exchange for her undivided interest in the herd. This is the purchase agreement or the bill of sale . In addition to the bill of sale, the shareholder pays a monthly boarding fee (or "agistment fee") that covers the farmer's cost for labor and maintenance ...
Arla Aylesbury is the largest dairy in the UK; at opening it was the world's biggest dairy, [1] processing over 1.75 billion pints (1 billion litres) of milk per year, around 10% of the milk in the UK. It is owned by Arla Foods UK which is a subsidiary of Arla Foods, a large producer of dairy products in Scandinavia.
Price of milk in the UK from 1990 to 2019, both each month and the two-year average. Values are in 2019 prices [1] In Europe, UK milk production is third after France & Germany and is around the tenth highest in the world. There are around 12,000 dairy farms in the UK. [2] Around 14 billion litres of milk are commercially produced in the UK ...
The average milk yield is about 3860 litres per lactation; [4]: 189 some cows may give up to 5000 litres. Lactation lasts close to 300 days. [5] The milk has an average butterfat content of 3.9%, with 3.3% protein and 4.6% lactose, and is suitable for cheese-making. [4]: 189 It is used to make both Single Gloucester and Stinking Bishop cheeses. [9]
Milk quotas were attached to land holdings and represented a cap on the amount of milk that a farmer could sell every year without paying a levy. Milk quotas were assets and could be bought and sold or acquired or lost by other means and so there was a market for them. Milk quotas were withdrawn on 31 March 2015. [2]
Yeo Valley founders Roger and Mary Mead purchased Holt Farm, Blagdon in 1961 and began making yogurt using milk from their dairy farming herd in 1972, selling it from their farm and to local shops. [1] Production of organic yogurt was started in 1993, due to a surplus of local organic milk. [3] Yeo Valley production facility at Lag Farm in Blagdon
Sharemilking contracts typically run from 1 June to 31 May; when sharemilkers take up new contracts, the herd is often shifted on what is known as "Gypsy Day". [ 2 ] The model is not exploitative, and over time, sharemilkers often slowly buy out the landholder, or alternatively use the system as a method to save for their own property. [ 3 ]
The check digits for cattle ear tags are calculated by dividing the number obtained from the herd mark and animal number by 7 and adding one to the remainder. For example, if the UK herd mark is 303565 and the animal number is 01234, the check digit is calculated as follows: [citation needed] 30356501234 MOD 7 = 3