irish milk suppliers are to receive €11.5m from the €280m emergency aid package for the dairy sector, which was announced by the EU Commission in October. Clearance for the payments was given by member states last week and the money will be distributed according to production during the 2008/09 quota year. The cash must be [...]
The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith TD, today announced that he has approved the allocation of milk quota to a major research project aimed at the development of profitable, expanding dairy farms as the sector moves towards quota abolition. The project is being undertaken by Teagasc's Moorepark Dairy Production Research Centre [...]
The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Brendan Smith TD, continued to press for Community solidarity and support for the dairy sector during the current market difficulties. Speaking in Brussels at the Council of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers, he said, "The unprecedented situation that we are facing has put an enormous burden on the milk [...]
Leading a group of dairy farmers from all over Ireland in a protest/occupation of the EU Commission's offices in Dawson Street, the President of ICMSA, Jackie Cahill, said that the dairy policy being operated by the EU has actually reduced Europe's to producing milk below the cost of
production and left farmers with no income at [...]
Irish Dairy farmers cannot rely on the EU Commission to support milk prices at a reasonable level in 2009 unless there is a major change of attitude at European level, the ICMSA has warned.
Speaking after a meeting with Thorkild Rasmussen, head of the EU Commission's dairy division, ICMSA dairy chairman John O'Leary said the [...]
We all have a fair idea at this stage what processors will be paying for milk for 2009. The final figure will be somewhere between 22-24c/l for milk at 3.60pc fat and 3.30pc protein. Are there any productivity gains to be got from the dairy herd which will minimise the poor net milk price for [...]
The number of applications by buyers for the milk quota exchange has fallen by 1,500 since the first in November.
Figures released by the Department of Agriculture show that the number of buyers for the March exchange is just 1,100, compared to 2,600 in the first exchange.
The number of sellers has risen by 60, from 340 [...]
The 2% increase in milk quota for the 2008/2009 remains on track, despite considerable political opposition across parts of Europe.
Some countries are doubtful of the need for an increase, but Irish officials remain confident that it will proceed through the March Council of Ministers meeting, which is scheduled for March 17 and 18.
The European [...]
