Co-op drops milk supplier penalty after protests

Food giant Dairygold has dropped a controversial penalty clause from its new milk supply contract.

The co-op announced a bonus payment scheme and a feed subsidy yesterday in a bid to encourage more farmers to sign its new milk supply agreement (MSA).

The moves came days after about 70 dairy farmers who supply milk to Dairygold protested at the co-op’s plant in Mitchelstown, Co Cork.