Supply chain transparency must be 'immediate focus' of new agri-food office

Farmers are "reserving their judgement on the regulator in the hope that finally meaningful attention will be directed".

"For too long, farmers have known the price they receive and the consumer has known the price they pay - but the bit in between has been a mystery," according to the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association.

Farmers are urging for supply chain transparency to be the "immediate focus" of the new agri-food regulatory office.

The recently established office, An Rialálaí Agraibhia, must "send out a strong signal from day one that it is intent on exposing margin-grabbing and delivering supply chain transparency if it is to win the confidence of the farmer", the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association has said.