Dairy
Minister Conalogue has chaired his first meeting of the Dairy Forum, calling for continued efforts on environmental sustainability.
The third meeting of the Dairy Forum has agreed to form a stakeholder group - to be established by Teagasc - on the topic of farm labour.
Macra questioned the current milk pricing model, at yesterday’s Dairy Forum chaired by Minister for Agriculture.
'The priority on foot of the emergent dairy recovery is on the development of measures which can minimise the effects of downward volatility in the future'
The Dairy Forum is letting farmers down and it has produced no proposal to increase milk prices, according to ICMSA President John Comer.
At his first Dairy Forum, the new Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed, launched a booklet to help dairy farmers better plan their cashflow
The Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed will convene a meeting of the Dairy Forum next week as the crisis in the sector continues to deepen.
The Minister for Agriculture, is being urged to look at three possible uses for the new exceptional State Aid allowance of €15,000.
The second meeting of the Dairy Forum with key stakeholders from the Irish dairy sector took place today ahead of next week’s key meeting of EU Agriculture Ministers in Brussels.
Other
The Minister for Agriculture has reconvened the Dairy Forum for next week ahead of crunch EU talks on dairy market difficulties on March 14.
The IFA is calling for an urgent meeting of the Dairy Forum as co-ops nationwide set their January milk price next week
Agri-Business
A decision over a date over the next meeting of the dairy forum has yet to be made with question marks whether one will take place before the General Election or not.
In the absence of a rapid supply-correction, there's set to be a difficult 6-9 months ahead for the dairy industry, Ornua told the first meeting to the Dairy Forum this week.
Young farmers have been the worst affected by the current crisis in the pig and dairy sectors and as such any supports should be targeted at the group
According to ICOS, the EU aid package may be of more long-term benefit to farmers if it had been available to spend on innovation and technology.
