ICMSA call for EU-wide voluntary milk supply reduction scheme to prevent farmer ‘wipeout’

IMCSA president, Denis Drennan, has called for an EU-wide voluntary milk supply reduction scheme similar to the one in 2016 to help stabilise the falling farmer milk price

Global supplies are currently up 2.3% between January-November 2025 compared to a deficit of 0.1% within the same period in 2024.

A call for an EU-wide voluntary milk supply reduction scheme has been made by the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA).

ICMSA president Denis Drennan has called for the scheme in the hopes it will reduce supply coming into the markets in a way that has been proven to “put a floor under” the falling farmer milk price.