Farmers warned they may lose control of dairy industry

BACKING for the embattled Dairygold Co-op came from a former farmer director of Golden Vale plc at the recent meeting of the Co Limerick ICMSA Executive.

John Egan warned the ICMSA officers that farmers lost control of the beef industry, and the dairy industry was now in danger of following the same route.

He said forcing dairy processors to pay more for milk than the market returns or profitability can justify is suicidal, as far as farmer control of the industry is concerned.