North's largest milk buyer to move to solids-based payment structure

Lakeland Dairies plant at Bailieboro, Co Cavan. Picture: Colm Mahady, Fennell Photography.

The largest buyer of Northern milk, Lakeland Dairies, has taken its first step in introducing a solids-based payment structure, similar to that used in the Republic of Ireland.

The new payment system, which will come into effect in the new year, aims to encourage Northern Irish suppliers to produce milk with higher protein and butterfat content.