Farmers to protest over dairy quota and falling milk prices

DAIRY farmers yesterday called on the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association to organise a major protest in Dublin over the threats posed to their €1.1 billion industry.

Angry delegates to the association’s annual general meeting in Limerick vented their anger over milk quota policies and falling prices which would, they warned, force many dairy farmers out of business.

One delegate even called for a national milk strike, similar to those undertaken by dairy farmers in Germany and France, to highlight their plight in a time of unprecedented uncertainty in the industry.