Dairy market future puts IDB into question

THE Irish Dairy Board (IDB) had a good year in 2004, but in the context of the dairy sector that is hardly a major talking point any longer.

With the dairy industry going through such dramatic change perhaps it is time once more to ask basic questions as to that the role of the IDB should or ought to be in order to deliver the best service to the sector into the future.

Critics of the IDB such as Jerry Henchy of Dairygold and Ed Prendergast of Lakeland have argued its role should be scaled back.