IFA issues milk production warning

THE future of milk production and processing in the West of Ireland will be put in jeopardy if Connacht Gold continues to cut the prices they pay suppliers, the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) has warned.

Dairy Committee chairman Richard Kennedy said suppliers and milk volumes will be lost to the co-op if the incomes of producers are not secured.

A meeting of 300 dairy farmers in Knock protested at Connacht Gold’s price cuts of 0.44c/l for April and 0.88c/l for May.