Tuesday closing date in levy payment scheme

News Q&A: Superlevy instalments

Co-ops have been asked by IFA national dairy committee chairman Sean O’Leary to suspend superlevy collection, until farmers decide whether or not to use the three-year instalment payment scheme introduced last week by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney.

Mr O’Leary also said there can be no justification for a co-op to use the scheme to sway a farmer’s decision to leave or stay with them.