Abolition of ‘ring fencing’ opposed at ICMSA meeting

ABOLITION of ‘ring fencing’ for milk quota was opposed at a meeting of farmers and processors in Mallow, County Cork.

At the meeting, organised by the ICMSA to assess the views of the industry on dairy policy, clarity was demanded of the Minister for Agriculture on the future of milk quotas, and the pricing of restructured quota.

Representatives of dairy processors south of a line from Dublin to Galway, including the country's most intensive milk producing regions, attended the meeting, which was chaired by the ICMSA president, Pat O'Rourke.