Liquid milk farmers need 55c/l to break even in winter

With winter liquid milk price negotiations only a few weeks away for producer groups, unviable base milk prices mean producers would need to secure 55c/l for their liquid milk next winter just to break even.

Last year, IFA started a campaign to outline the challenges which specialised liquid-milk producers would face with the end of quotas.

The ability to expand creamery milk production for a growing export market combined with the inability to increase liquid milk production for a static domestic market fundamentally challenges the economic viability of many producers’ liquid milk contracts.