Survey “a service” to dairy industry
It was a timely exercise as the industry prepares for great changes next January when aid will be historically based and not tied to actual on-farm production.
The new European Union policy has led to great uncertainty among all Irish farmers who have been examining their own individual situations and trying to make huge decisions. Some of the questions they have been grappling with concern basic issues as to whether they will continue farming, will they take their decoupled entitlements and reduce production, or will they continue to expand their production base? These were some of the questions that led Glanbia, the country’s largest milk processor, to embark on a survey of its 5,181 suppliers.
