ESTIMATED milk deliveries in April were 18% higher than in 2010 — a trend which would leave Ireland exceeding its allowed milk quota by 8.67%, if it continued.

THE key priorities for Ireland in the CAP Health Check are no modulation cuts to the single farm payment, a loosening of milk quota restrictions for Irish dairy farmers and a €30 per ewe sheep maintenance payment, according to IFA president Pádraig Walshe.