138,000-gallon quota equals average pay

THE average milk producer needs to build up a quota of 138,000 gallons to achieve the 2007 projected average industrial wage, an internal Glanbia review has shown.

However, the difference between the most efficient producers and the average producer is so wide that the top 33% would require a quota of only 68,000 gallons to achieve the 2007 average industrial wage.

This was revealed by Glanbia Group Managing Director John Moloney in his address to last week’s Agricultural Science Association annual conference in Kilkenny.