Lisavaird pays best for third successive year

FOR the third successive year, Lisavaird Co-op in west Cork has topped the KPMG/Farmers’ Journal Audit, which is the best measurement available to Irish dairy farmers of the true price paid by co-ops for milk, according to IFA National Dairy Committee Chairman Michael Murphy.

Lisavaird’s milk supply of 16 million gallons comes from about 400 suppliers, and is processed at Carbery Milk Products in Ballineen, owned by the four West Cork co-ops, Bandon, Barryroe, Drinagh and Lisavaird, and which plays the major role in enabling these four to stay in the top six of the 13 participating co-ops in the KPMG/Farmers’ Journal Audit.

Lisavaird, which owns 20% of Carbery Creameries Ltd. and a 16.67% stake in Clóna Dairy Products, employs 76.