€10k less for June milk on greenfield farm

The global dairy price slump showed no sign of ending this week, with the globalDairyTrade auction index falling again Tuesday, by 9.3%.

Due to some key commodity milk powder buyers staying out of the market, GDT auction prices for some products have fallen to 13-year lows.

The effect for Irish farmers was starkly revealed on the greenfield farm at Clara, Co Kilkenny, where best practice in conversion of a greenfield site into a fully functional dairy farm is demonstrated.