FARMERS attending the IFA-hosted Dairy 2020 conference in Dublin last week welcomed the clarity and urgency of the Dairy Expansion Activation Group’s (DEAG) 55-point plan for dairy sector expansion.

PARTNERSHIPS with giant overseas co-ops and the sale of under-performing subsidiaries are likely to figure in a new five-year strategy document which the Irish Dairy Board (IDB) is expected to publish in March.

DAIRY farmers are outraged that Tipperary Co-op cut their September milk price at a time when producers in other jurisdictions are enjoying far higher returns, according to Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) dairy committee chairman Pat McCormack.