Yes to milk 2%

THE go-ahead for a 2% milk quota increase from April 1 will come at next Monday’s meeting of the EU Council of Agriculture Ministers, according to sources in IFA and Fianna Fáil.

Fianna Fáil MEPs Brian Crowley, Liam Aylward and Sean O Neachtain said on Tuesday the milk quota increase will apply to all subsequent years.

Brian Crowley, MEP and President of the UEN political group in the European Parliament, said the increase will amount to 5.5 million tonnes of milk per year from Irish dairy farms.