Farmers urged to engage with co-ops on milk supply contracts

Dairygold farmers should engage with the co-op’s one-to-one milk supply contracts sessions, while the board should revisit any option to share additional processing with Glanbia, said IFA dairy committee chairman Kevin Kiersey.

Mr Kiersey said Dairygold’s one-to-one sessions can help farmers establish what the milk supply agreement (MSA) implies for them, and teach them the disciplines of the new forecasting process.

He urged Dairygold and Glanbia to explore every avenue to jointly invest in additional processing capacity, to make best use of scarce resources in the best interest of all milk producers.