IFA tells co-ops to cut costs, not prices

DAIRY co-ops were warned yesterday they will have no future if they insist on slashing the milk price they pay farmers.

Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) president John Dillon predicted that thousands of producers will be driven out of the sector and there will be no dairy industry if the price cuts are not halted.

His warning came as an estimated 1,500 dairy farmers protested outside Glanbia headquarters in Kilkenny against the group's decision to cut the milk price by 4 cent per gallon.