Some farmers out of tune

AFTER a year of warnings from farmers to cut processing costs first, rather than milk prices, Glanbia plc are baffled by the reaction to their decision to close their Kilmeaden plant.

The loss of 45 jobs, of which 40 are seasonal for seven months, provoked a bigger reaction even than the announcement of 150 jobs going at the ADM plant in Ringaskiddy in Cork.

In each case Irish plants couldn’t live with the red hot competition in the food industry.