Irish milk processors bid to escape serious impact seen in Italy

Irish companies will bid to escape the impact seen in Italy, where dairies started asking farmers to roll back milk production, because of lack of demand and labour shortages in processing.

The EU special agricultural committee meeting next Monday will be pivotal for activation of market management tools to help the agri-food sector cope with the Covid-19 lockdown, according to Irish co-ops.

At the meeting, member state representatives will discuss the crisis with the EU Commission and can recommend actions to be taken.