Liquid milk producers advised to weigh up choices in post-quota era

Liquid milk producers should assess the profit margins they achieved in recent years before making business choices for the post-quota era, said IFA liquid milk committee chairman, Teddy Cashman.

Speaking in Dublin yesterday at the first ever IFA Liquid Milk Forum, ‘Securing Fresh Milk Supplies Post 2015’, the speakers reflected the genuine insecurity milk producers feel for their specialised business eight months before milk quotas come to an end.

Many farmers are considering a move away from liquid milk production back into less cost-intensive mainstream manufactured milk.