ICMSA focus on getting fair share of retail price

ICMSA President John Comer has advised members to vote for election candidates who support farmers in their struggle with food retail corporations for fair prices.

He said farmers can’t cover costs of production, while retail corporations maintain or increase profit margins, without regulation, supervision or protest from authorities.

Among the ICMSA solutions are EU intervention prices equating to 28 cents per litre for milk; taxation changes to allow farmers deal with market volatility; and a complete ban on below-cost selling of food in Ireland.