Higher prices for dairy farmers urged

Securing viable milk prices for dairy farmers into the future in the light of CAP reform and the WTO must become the industry’s overriding objective.

That was IFA president John Dillon’s clear message to the national dairy summit in Portlaoise yesterday, when he also said it was time for farmers to assert their control of the industry.

“They must drive the change that is required by demanding that co-op boards and management work together to bring efficiencies beyond the boundaries of each co-op.