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RABDF - Milk Digest is the regular newsletter to all members of the RABDF. Below is just an overview of the articles available, more is available in the members area.

August 2011

  • The Dairy Event and Livestock Show 2011
  • Features of this year's Event
  • Seminar programmes
  • New RABDF Council Members

July 2011

  • Heading towards 202 and beyond -RABDF Chairman David Cotton
  • Dairy Event and Livestock Show Tickets
  • Geronimo II
  • Tractors, ATVs and tele-handlers - are you up to speed with legislation?
  • RABDF NMR Gold Cup Open Day 2011
  • Financial Benefits of environmental management
  • Dairy Event and Livestock Show update
  • RABDF backs young stock venture
  • Dairy Science Forum
  • RABDF Contributes to WI debate
  • Representing you...
  • RABDF Diary Dates

May 2011

  • Collaboration, Our Future - RABDF Chairman David Cotton
  • RABDF Welcomes New Animal Health and Welfare Board
  • RABDF calls for TB reactor clearance policy review
  • Towing Livestock Trailers are you up to speed with legislation?
  • Environmental Management
  • Over 400 attend two dairy farm walks
  • RABDF NMR Gold Cup Open Day
  • Dairy Event and Livestock Show update
  • RABDF Princess Royal Award made to industry influencer
  • RABDF Dairy Crest Dairy Student of the Year Award 2011
  • Representing you...
  • Student Placements
  • Medals
  • Diary Dates

February 2011

  • A view from the Bridge - RABDF Chairman David Cotton
  • RABDF Welcomes country of origin labelling for dairy products
  • Obituary - Tim Heywood 1946-2011
  • The Dairy Event and Livestock Show building on The NEC success
  • Getting to grips with Johne's disease
  • RABDF Prince Philip Award goes to XL Vets
  • French Student Placement
  • RABDF Diary Dates

October 2010 

  • Dairy farmers acting to combat greenhouse gases
  • RABDF NMR Gold Cup
  • The Dairy Event and Livestock Show 2010 – a resounding success at The NEC
  • RABDF Welcomes Defra’s badger cull plan
  • Farm Health Planning Award 2010
  • RABDF Livestock Machinery and Equipment Award 2010
  • Representing you
  • Membership renewals
  • Dairy Dates  

August 2010

  • The Dairy Event and Livestock Show 2010
  • Dairy Event and Livestock Show tickets
  • Team work, the driver for success the RABDF NMR winner
  • John Alvis elected RABDF president
  • Representing you
  • Dairy Cow Welfare Strategy
  • Johne’s Action Group
  • CHeCS
  • BVC eradication scheme for Scotland
  • Dairy Dates

June 2010

  • Animal Health proposals shelved
  • Dairy Event and Livestock Show tickets
  • RABDF welcomes new Defra team
  • Obituary: Frank Francis
  • Grocery ombudsman
  • RABDF Farm Energy Efficiency Award goes to Norfolk farmer
  • Over 450 attend two dairy farm walks
  • Dairy Event and Livestock Show update
  • RABDF NMR Gold Cup Open Day
  • AGM
  • Representing you
  • RABDF/Dairy Crest Dairy Student of the Year Award 2010
  • Dairy Dates

March 2010

  • RABDF backs quick EU dairy fund distribution
  • Defra’s draft Animal Health Bill
  • RABDF Council Changes
  • Farmers must be cautious when buying in stock
  • Dairy Event and Livestock Show update
  • Working hard for British dairy farmers
  • Milking grass for Profit
  • RABDF College Lecturers’ Day
  • RABDF Princess Royal Award made to livestock vet
  • RABDF NMR Gold Cup update
  • Representing you
  • Dairy Dates

January 2010

  • RABDF calls for accurate cheese labelling
  • Supermarket ombudsman welcomed
  • Energy equipment free loans
  • Fund raising
  • Commercial goat farming: the realities
  • Working hard for British dairy farmers
  • Prize draw lucky winners
  • RABDF Prince Philip Award goes to GEA
  • European projects update
  • Dairy Event and Livestock Show update
  • Representing you
  • Dairy Dates

If you would like any information on articles from the following issues, please contact us by email to office@rabdf.co.uk

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Identifying the True Cost of Family Labour 2008

The RABDF have championed the idea of farmers using the real cost of family labour in their production costs to ensure that they do not subsidise the cost of production. RABDF have recently updated their study Identifying the true costs of family labour and is available here.

To find out more about the study please visit the news pages or click on the publication.

As part of the RABDFs continuous lobbying activities on a fair price for farmers for the price of milk, RABDF have produced a range of important publications in recent years.

Notably in 2006 and 2007 RABDF collaborated with NFU to produce British Milk – What Price. These documents have been used extensively throughout the industry as a minimum figure for cost of production of milk:

The RABDF have long been supporters of including the cost of family labour in the cost of milk production.