Dairy
Glanbia Ireland has announced a number of changes to its mechanism to manage the rate of growth in peak milk supplies from next year.
The European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture has voted in favour of a voluntary volume reduction programme.
The IFA are calling on the Minister Creed to obtain a retention for the €30m left unspent under the EU milk reduction scheme.
The payment procedures that will be put in place for the EU milk reduction scheme have been confirmed by the Department of Agriculture.
The Department of Agriculture has announced that 556 farmers have applied to reduce their milk production under Phase II the Voluntary Milk Reduction Scheme.
The Minister for Agriculture has announced details of how Irish farmers can apply to the second round of the Voluntary Milk Reduction Scheme.
All Irish applications who applied for voluntary milk reduction scheme accepted in for first tranche of EU voluntary milk reduction scheme.
Opinion
Voluntary milk reduction schemes can be used to counter future volatility within dairy industry in Ireland.
Just over one third of Kerry Co-op’s milk suppliers have opted to sign up for the EU’s voluntary milk production reduction scheme
A level of confusion has arisen in relation to the Voluntary Milk Supply Reduction Scheme that needs to be cleared up, according to the ICMSA
'The targets set for the EU milk production reduction scheme should be met with a degree of ease'
Voluntary milk reduction scheme is hardening the response of dairy processers to latest world market upturn
Glanbia posts out voluntary milk production reduction scheme application forms to each of its farmer suppliers.
N.Ireland
Farmers in Northern Ireland who plan of availing of the EU's Voluntary Milk Reduction Scheme have until September 21 to apply to the scheme.
Dairy farmers have until September 15, to decide if they'd like to partake in the EU's new scheme to lower European milk production by 1.5 billion litres.
An Agriland poll has showed that the majority of Irish farmers will not be applying to the Voluntary Milk Reduction Scheme.
Dairy farmers will need to weigh up whether the newly announced Milk Supply Reduction scheme will suit their business, according to IFA National Dairy Committee Chairman Sean O’Leary.
The European Union's Voluntary Milk Reduction Scheme has taken a step forward following following a successful in Brussels today.
The European Commissioner, Phil Hogan, has announced that Irish farmers can apply for the European Union's Voluntary Milk Production Scheme.
