Dairy
North Cork and Feale Bridge co-ops to merge
North Cork Co-operative Creameries of Kanturk, Co. Cork, and the Feale Bridge & Headley Bridge Co-operative from Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick,...
Co-ops
Opinion
The future for Ireland is dairy
After 18 months or so of battening down the hatches those new, post-quota entrants into Irish dairy are now seeing...
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Watch: How to effectively treat and control parasites
Amid the current season of record-high input costs, keeping unnecessary spending to a minimum is key, which means that early...
Dairy
IFA and ICMSA remain positive ahead of April milk price announcements
Ahead of dairy processors announcing their milk prices for April supplies this week, and into next week, the IFA (Irish...
Rural Life
Successful co-ops could lead to successful rural communities
Irish farmers should not underestimate the power of their local co-ops nor take them for granted, the Canadian Ambassador to...
Dairy
Co-ops must plan further milk price lifts - IFA President
IFA President Joe Healy has called on co-ops to budget for and inform farmers of, further milk price uplifts for August...
Dairy
'Co-ops paying less than 23c/L for milk are underpaying their farmer suppliers'
Co-ops paying less than 23c/L of milk are “demonstrably underpaying” their farmer-suppliers, according to the ICMSA’s Gerald Quain. Against a...
Dairy
New protocol for dairy farmers to switch co-op agreed
Dairy co-ops have agreed on a protocol to provide for the orderly transfer of milk suppliers, currently without Milk Supply...
Dairy
Think milk prices are bad now? Post WW1 dairy farmers suffered a milk price crash
Much has been spoken about the 2014-2015 milk price crash, which has seen farmer returns fall by as much as...
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Do you want to be paid to share your opinion?
Do you want to be paid to share your opinion? Irish farmers have faced significant media coverage over issues, such...
Dairy
Co-ops paying less than 26.9c/L for August milk 'overstepping the mark'
Any co-op paying less than 26.9c/L for August milk are “at variance” with the Ornua Index and are “overstepping the...
Opinion
Your local dairy co-op needs you...at its AGM
Many dairy co-operative Annual General Meetings (AGM) will be taking place over the next few weeks, yet the turnout of...
Dairy
Dairy futures market holds potential but is still in its infancy – ICOS
Despite dairy future markets holding some potential, ICOS says the concept is still in its infancy. ICOS noting a media...
Dairy
'Co-ops need to ensure profits go to farmers not shareholders'
The strength of co-ops is that they are farmer owned, but they must ensure that profits go to farmers not...