Co-ops urged to pay top-up payments as dairy year is 'not shaping up well' for suppliers
Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association dairy chairman Noal Murphy said that from high inputs to poor weather conditions, 2023 has been a "very hard for dairy farmers from a financial and farm management perspective".
Farmers are calling for mid-year top-ups to be paid by "low-paying" co-ops as the dairy year is "not shaping up well" for suppliers.
Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association dairy chairman Noal Murphy said that from high inputs to poor weather conditions, 2023 has been a "very hard for dairy farmers from a financial and farm management perspective".
