Milk quality and the penalty clause

‘SOME co-ops pay up for low SCC milk rates’, ran the headline over Joe Sheehy’s article (Irish Examiner Farming, October, 27).

Mon, 21 Nov, 2005 - 00:00

Several points regarding the true nature of these payments and the difference between high and low somatic cell counts (SCC) need to be clarified.

This payment is not a bonus - it is a penalty, and Joe Sheehy made this point. Why then are co-ops penalising milk under 400,000 SCC?

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