Survey finds that milk quota policy doesn’t need too much stirring

THE findings of the recent IFA survey on dairy farmers’ attitudes to milk quotas were not unexpected.

Most farmers are aware that without the milk quota regime, they would have been far worse off.

The past 20 years have, overall, been relatively good for dairy farmers. Medium scale and small dairy farmers are aware of how the quota policy has protected their interests. It may not have delivered all they would have desired, but the alternative might leave them facing world prices.