By Dr. Declan O’Connor, Department of Mathematics, Cork Institute of Technology Irish milk deliveries to processors have increased by more than 40% since the…
Today’s Council of EU Agriculture Ministers meeting in Luxembourg will hear the demands of EU Minister of Agriculture around possible solutions to the…
The European Commission this week announced that it will allow the voluntary supply management of milk during periods of price downturns. The controversial move…
Domestic milk intake by creameries and pasteurisers was estimated at 352.1m litres for November 2015, according to the latest figures from the Central…
The controversy over the decision by the Department of Agriculture that a prosecution is not warranted in relation to possible milk quota irregularities involving…
Supply management or quotas has long proven to be a completely redundant policy measure, according to Conor Mulvihill European Affairs Executive at Irish Co-operative Organisation…
There were approximately 6,500 farmers over quota in the last quota year, according to latest Department estimates. Just under 3,700 dairy farmers have…