Dairygold leads way with announcement of grain prices

DAIRYGOLD is leading the way for the country’s main grain buyers with the announcement of the prices it is to pay farmers for this year’s harvest.

The company decided at a board meeting in Mallow to pay 94/t for feeding wheat, 92/t for feeding barley, 88/t for oats and 108.60/t for malting barley.

Glanbia has also announced that it will pay 89/t for feed wheat and 88/t for feed barley. In addition, it will continue to operate its market-based review until March 2003, which it says will allow growers to benefit fully from any uplift in the market during this period.