Milk producers in fear of livelihood target 20m-gallon imports

IMPORTS of up to 20m gallons per year are being targeted by liquid milk producers who fear for their livelihoods.

Milk producers cannot continue to accept any reductions in their returns, while milk imports are eroding the market, said Donal Kelleher, chairman of the IFA’s National Liquid Milk Committee.

“Producers are now being asked to take a cut of 5p/gallon. The price to the consumer does not come down, and consumers find it hard to accept that we are taking less for milk when they don’t see any difference in what they are paying,” he said.