Land Strategies Blog

May 2012 - Posts

• Merger with Arla – Milk Link Secures Stronger Future for Farmer Owners

  The proposed merger between Milk Link and Arla has been warmly applauded by dairy industry watchers, and rightly so. Against a background of ever stronger retailer power, increased globalisation by major players with turnovers in the £billions, and a... Posted May 23 2012, 04:48 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Dairy Crest, farmgate milk prices, Milk Link, Arla [Edit Tags]

• Shoppers Further Batten Down Hatches in Face of Economic Gloom

  According to the IGD’s latest research, 59% of shoppers say that their most important concern just now how much they spend. Not surprising given that since 2007 prices have grown by 14% compared with wages at 9%, the spectre of unemployment looms and... Posted May 15 2012, 05:09 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: premium foods, changing consumer behaviour, online grocery shopping, recessionary food buying [Edit Tags]

• Removing a Barrier to Organic Market Growth - Prince of Wales Charitable Foundation Funds Programme to Boost Organic and Low Input Farming Yields

  Few people reject the idea of organic products. Indeed according to the Soil Association’s market report 2012, 8 out of 10 households have bought at least one organic product in the last year, and most people have some idea of what organic farming means... Posted May 02 2012, 04:10 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog [Edit Tags]