Dairy sector to seek EU action on milk prices
The joint IFA/co-ops delegation, led by Agriculture and Food Minister Joe Walsh, will have a common agenda the falling income of the country's 26,000 dairy farmers.
IFA president John Dillon said since July 2001, milk prices to farmers have fallen by 10p/gal (0.28c/l), costing the average 40,000 gallon (182,000 litre) dairy farmer €5,200.