Milk price ‘should be maintained’

BOARD members of dairy co-ops should be able to hold milk prices, the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) Dairy Committee chairman Dominic Cronin has claimed.

Expressing disappointment at Kerry’s decision to cut milk price by two cent a gallon for May and by another 2c a gallon for June, he said these reductions could not be justified.

He said there are no cuts on the horizon from the market place. The reality is that the Irish Dairy Board (IDB) on account price is the same today as it was last August. Currently, there are virtually no stocks of skim milk powder in intervention.