Warning of ‘excess unplanned milk’ at Dairygold

Dairygold will continue to collect milk from suppliers who might not complete the co-op’s required milk supply agreement and forecasting.

But such suppliers will have their 2012 supply base taken as their reference supply volume, by default, for future years.

“Any milk they might supply above their 2012 reference level will not have been pre-planned for. Accordingly, from 2015, such milk would be marginal, and a supplier can expect to be paid a lower price for their ‘excess unplanned milk’ to reflect the market return that can be achieved for such milk at that time,” a co-op spokesperson said.