Action group tells farmers to spurn Dairygold deal

Dairygold Concerned Farmers Action Group is urging farmers not to sign the milk supply agreement (MSA), having failed to convince the co-op to adopt what it says is its more tax-efficient model.

Action group members Jim Treacy, Noel Shinnick, Jerome Lenihan, and Eugene Sheehan met Dairygold management on Wednesday. Dairygold was represented by CEO Jim Woulfe, chairman Bertie O’Leary, and senior managers James Lynch and Tim Healy.

The action group suggested to Dairygold that it offer its members the choice of a deferred payment of 1c per litre over the next four years as an optional alternative to paying into the revolving fund.