Targeted supports from EU for butter market urgently needed, says IFA

TARGETED supports from the EU for the butter market are urgently needed, the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) declared yesterday.

IFA president Padraig Walshe said the IFA had been in contact with senior European Commission officials to emphasise the need for targeted, short-term market supports in the butter sector.

He said exceptional measures, particularly adequate levels of export refunds, were critical to help re-balance dairy markets and support prices this spring.