Today’s meeting of Dairygold shareholders is set to be a stormy one as angry farmers bid to block the co-op’s plans for change. Agribusiness Correspondent Ray Ryan reports.

A TWO thirds majority of shareholders in favour will be needed to adopt a new rule book for Dairygold Co-op at a Special General Meeting to be held in conjunction with the Annual General Meeting in April.

TILLAGE farmers protesting about grain prices briefly disrupted milk deliveries to a Dairygold processing plant in Mitchelstown, Co Cork, yesterday.

THE new board of Dairygold Co-op will meet today with the election of a chairman and vice-chairman key items on the agenda.