Covid-19 impact hits farmers' milk cheques

The first March milk price announcement has revealed a reduction of 1.81c per litre, compared to February. It came from Lakeland Dairies, which said the fallout from Covid-19 is having a dramatic impact on the dairy markets.

It follows Ornua cutting its monthly indicator of market returns for dairy products, to 106.4 for March, from February’s 111.6.