'Enough is enough' as further cuts to milk price are 'not sustainable'

"While we all expected a correction in the market, the cuts made by processors are record-breaking for all the wrong reasons."

The "knee-jerk reaction" of co-ops to a global correction in commodity prices "is vastly different to the way they have managed fertiliser prices", IFA dairy chair Stephen Arthur has said.

Further cuts to milk prices are "not sustainable", with the Irish Farmers' Association saying that the price being paid to farmers for February supplies is "disappointing". 

The "knee-jerk reaction" of co-ops to a global correction in commodity prices "is vastly different to the way they have managed fertiliser prices", IFA dairy chair Stephen Arthur has said.