Continental dairy farmer leaders oppose Irish plans

CONTINENTAL dairy farmer leaders have warned Irish dairy farmers they will end up working twice as hard for the same pay, if they expand milk production.

Speaking at the ICMSA-hosted European Milk Board (EMB) dairy conference in Dublin last week, German dairy farmer Alice Endres, a regional representative of the German dairy farmer federation, BDM, said her farmers “don’t love the idea” of Irish expansion.

“We already have enough milk for our own market in Germany. I cannot believe that the farmers in Ireland are looking to expand right now.