Shake-out begins for Poland’s 1.9m farms

Poland’s milk quota will feed only three quarters of it population if consumption of dairy products rises to the EU level. Strong demand is assured for milk producers, reports Stephen Cadogan.

POLAND was the bogeyman for agri-food industry opponents of EU enlargement. Europe’s ninth largest country, with hardly a hill to break the landscape of its broad plains, it has the potential to again become the continent’s granary - and its abattoir, dairy, and vegetable garden!

Irish dairy co-op chiefs say it will lead the stiffer competition which will drive down European prices.