Dairy
The chief executive of Kerry Dairy Ireland Pat Murphy said that the next 12 months will be "very challenging" for dairy farmers.
Agri-Business
Global milk collections increased by 1.7% in May, driven by growth in the US and Europe, according to a new report from Ornua.
Dairy News
Domestic milk intake by milk processors and co-ops around the country was estimated at 510 million litres in November 2024, the CSO said.
N.Ireland
The month of November saw milk supplies generated by Dale Farm members increase by 10% relative to the same period in 2023.
Following a vote by Dairygold members, the Dairygold board will be able to "determine policy" on the areas where milk can be supplied from.
Dairy Technical
Milk supplies in a number of co-ops are down by as much as 10%, with this drop in milk volume largely due to challenging weather conditions.
Tirlán will pay a total of 42.08c/L, including VAT, for February creamery milk supplies at 3.6% butterfat and 3.3% protein.
The number of registered milk supply contracts fell by 20% in the 2019/2020 milk year compared with 2018/2019, the National Milk Agency says.
Glanbia Ireland is introducing a temporary mechanism "to manage the rate of growth in peak milk supplies from next year".
Domestic Irish milk supply increased by 5% in spite of a poor back-end to the production season, according to the National Milk Agency.
Aurivo has announced that its suppliers will received a milk price of 32.4c/L, including VAT and bonuses, for March suppliers.
The board of Glanbia Ingredients Ireland has today approved the terms of a new three-year Seasonality Scheme.
Both Glanbia and Lakeland Dairies have announced their milk price for February milk supplies recently.
Aurivo has decided to increase its milk price by 1c/L for January supplies, the seventh price increase in a row.
An increase of 1c/L has been announced by Arrabawn Co-op for January milk supplies, a spokesperson for the co-op has confirmed to Agriland.
There is scope to increase the September milk price by at least 2c/L and Co-op boards gave been urged to pass back improvements in the markets back to farmers.
The latest figures from the Central Statistics Office show that milk intake by Irish processors in June was up on June 2015 figures.
New EU rules providing the opportunity for farmers to take up incentives to reduce milk supplies have now been finalised and published into official EU regulations.
