Dairy industry ‘must deliver viable milk prices to producers’

THE dairy industry must deliver viable milk prices to producers, an Irish Farmers Association organised forum was told in Horse and Jockey, Co Tipperary.

IFA president John Bryan told industry leaders that action at EU, Government and industry level is immediately required to overcome the current market uncertainties.

He said Agriculture Minister Brendan Smith and his department must deal with the sector’s concerns as a matter of urgency, bearing in mind its potential to act as an engine of recovery for the economy.