DairyCo is the new milk sector company working on behalf of dairy farmers to provide services not supplied by the industry.  We have replaced the MDC and report in to a new levy board - the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).

The DairyCo board is chaired by Tim Bennett who has appointed 11 board members including eight dairy farmers from across Britain who all operate very different production systems.  There are two people from outside the industry on the board plus one dairy processor, and the chairman.

The board will decide the strategy which DairyCo staff will carry out.

DairyCo's mission

DairyCo's mission is to:

promote world class knowledge to British dairy farmers so they can profit from a sustainable future.

As with the MDC, DairyCo's remit will be to solve market failure in the industry - to tackle issues not currently being dealt with sufficiently to meet industry needs.
DairyCo will carry on providing important services BUT we will also do our utmost to encourage the industry to ultimately take over these services - either on a commercial or voluntary basis.

How is DairyCo funded?

The MDC raised around £7 million per year from the levy, and it is calculated that DairyCo's new plans can also be funded by this rate of levy.  Hence the levy rate for DairyCo in its first year will be 0.06 pence per litre of milk produced.

RESEARCH AREAS/THEMES:

• Production
• Environment
• Cattle health and welfare
• Genetics
• Business management
• Human health and nutrition
• The market