Farmers demand higher milk prices to compensate for rising sustainability costs

'It’s about time the marketplace delivered for sustainable milk production'

ICMSA: 'It’s imperative that remaining milk processors increase their price for November milk.'

As dairy farmers braced this week for a Brexit impact, they also called for a consistent milk price rise to offset increasing milk production costs due to climate action and nitrate regulations.

IFA dairy chairman Tom Phelan said this week’s publication of the Ag-Climatise consultation document, and recent and pending increases in nitrate derogation requirements, make extra demands on them.