IFA accuses some of the main co-ops of failure to raise milk price

THE Irish Farmers Association yesterday accused some of the country’s main co-ops of a failure to lift their June milk price to 30c/l plus VAT.

IFA Dairy Committee chairman Kevin Kiersey said a price lift would have been fully justified in the face of an increase in the Irish Dairy Board June index to 35.4c/l and European Union gross commodity returns all exceeding 35c/l during the month of June.

Mr Kiersey urged other co-ops to make every effort to pass back the maximum market returns to help ease the huge financial pressures still on their suppliers.