Milk
All our fresh milk is British, and supplied by a group of 105 aligned Morrisons farmers, all based in the UK.
In addition to Red Tractor standards, we have our own higher welfare requirements which include best practice support on managing animal health and welfare, the environment, staff development, business health and efficiency and linking farms with the local community.
All information is anonymously benchmarked and shared for improvements within the group, and farmers meet up throughout the year for practical workshops to help share information on key topics, as well as having access to newsletters and a dedicated farmer portal for further knowledge exchange.
Case studies
| Meet one of our Muller farmers |
In August 2022 two brothers William and Henry James started milk production at Bradda Farm in Staffordshire following its purchase in December 2021.
The brothers embarked on a three-way cross breeding program and take great pride in their Norwegian Red x Holstein x Montbeliarde herd. At the start of William and Henry’s journey, they were milking just 14 cows with a flow of heifers coming into the herd as they calved down. Today they have 80 cows producing an average yield of 8900 litres and will be increasing numbers to 135 by the end of October.
The farm is part of a mid-tier environmental stewardship scheme and the brothers have been busy constructing boundary fencing to preserve hedgerows and fence off the river Churnet. They are experimenting with herbal leys which they sewed for the first-time last year. The herbal leys have helped with soil structure and has yielded well. At the young age of 25 and 23 their enthusiasm for dairy shone through, and the two brothers were offered a Morrisons Dairy Group contract in July 2023.
Cheese
Much of our fresh cheese is British and supplied by farmers based in Dumfries and Ayrshire selling to Lactalis.
Farmers meet twice a year for practical workshops to help share information on key topics, as well as having access to newsletters and a dedicated farmer portal for further knowledge exchange.
Rory Christie
Rory Christie's family have been farming Dourie Farm on the West Coast of Scotland for hundreds of years. Dourie Farm sits beside the sea, making it the perfect location for his cows to live a free-range lifestyle. The milk from Dourie Farm is sent to Lactalis in Stranraer, where it then goes into a range of our own brand cheeses.
Cheese for Farmers
We give 34p per pack back to the farmer for every 350g block of cheese you buy, which you can find here.