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Has Dairy Farmers of Britain got a viable future? Discuss !
Over the last number of weeks, there has been numerous things come out of DFOB, not paying the members interest, to the resignation of David Potts, it's commercial director.
Can DFOB survive ?
Would it's members be better off with another co-op ?
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12/11/2008, 10:30
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Re: Has Dairy Farmers of Britain got a viable future? Discuss !
If the members of dfob were absorbed by the other two, for the sake of argument, would the OFT approve?
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12/11/2008, 22:39
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Has Dairy Farmers of Britain got a viable future? Discuss !
I have been told that Wisemans had a look at their liquid side saw the books and have walked away,it is possible that the Co-op might buy back the liquid side.
First Milk could do with milk volume for Aspatria !!
But he big question is what do the DFoB members want do they want to join another co op or become directs? And what will their bankers let DFoB do?
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13/11/2008, 9:59
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Re: Has Dairy Farmers of Britain got a viable future? Discuss !
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ExpectingRain wrote:
I have got the impression from various people that it would not be an issue. One DFB employee told a local member meeting earlier this year that in his opinion DFB would not exist in its present form in 18 months, but would not elaborate any further.
Be lucky to survive for anywhere near that time after a backdated 2ppl cut for November.
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29/11/2008, 12:12
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Re: Has Dairy Farmers of Britain got a viable future? Discuss !
How many members and how much milk are we talking about?
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29/11/2008, 19:20
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Re: Has Dairy Farmers of Britain got a viable future? Discuss !
Membership of 2,600 claimed.
Volume I don`t know but even at 600,000 litres each that would be 1,500 million plus ,or more than 10% of UK production.
Maybe 12% of GB ?
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29/11/2008, 22:20
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is 600 000 liters about the size of the average producer in the UK?
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4/12/2008, 14:03
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Re: Has Dairy Farmers of Britain got a viable future? Discuss !
I see that First Milk has launched a no capital contribution, three month notice recruitment drive in many of the areas where there are DFB producers. This could be a real problem for DFB as their producers are so disillusiones and disaffected at present. The loss of a large litreage (and hence turnover) could be DFb's death knell.
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4/12/2008, 17:55
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Re: Has Dairy Farmers of Britain got a viable future? Discuss !
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Eryl Vet wrote:
I see that First Milk has launched a no capital contribution, three month notice recruitment drive in many of the areas where there are DFB producers. This could be a real problem for DFB as their producers are so disillusiones and disaffected at present. The loss of a large litreage (and hence turnover) could be DFb's death knell.
Apparently DFB had over a third of their members with notice given BEFORE the 2ppl cut.
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4/12/2008, 19:56
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