Farmers urge Dairygold to reverse ‘uneconomic’ milk price cuts

A CRISIS meeting between dairy farmers and Dairygold took place last night where farmers pleaded with the dairy giant to reverse milk price cuts which made dairying uneconomic.

Following Dairygold’s decision last week to cut their February milk price by 2c/l, and their March milk price by a further 2c/l, IFA (Irish Farmers Association) National Dairy Committee chairman Richard Kennedy said he and the relevant members of the National Dairy Committee would be meeting with the full board of directors of Dairygold Co-op this week.

At the Reox AGM earlier this week, IFA distributed leaflets questioning the Dairygold and Reox directors as to the Dairygold milk price move.