IFA dairy head sets 2006 targets

THE new chairman of the IFA dairy committee Richard Kennedy has listed milk price, quotas, the nitrates directive, and milk testing as the four top issues for 2006.

Mr Kennedy, who runs a dairy farm in Clarina, Co Limerick with his son James, said the next few years will be challenging for dairy farmers, but he intends to do his level best to defend their livelihoods.

Mr Kennedy, a former president of Macra na Feirme and a former chairman of Limerick IFA, said it will come as no surprise that his top priority is milk price.