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2010-03-15

GLANBIA FARMER SHAREHOLDERS HAVE ULTIMATE SAY
IFA National Dairy Committee Chairman Kevin Kiersey today (Monday) said the proposal by Glanbia Co-op to buy back the Irish business interests of Glanbia Plc was a worthwhile project, and he wished the initiative well

2010-03-10

GLANBIA CO-OP MOVE IS POSITIVE FOR FARMER CONTROL AND GREATER DAIRY INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION - BRYAN
IFA President John Bryan today (Wed) said the proposal by Glanbia Co-op to purchase the Irish business of Glanbia Plc is a welcome development which holds out the prospect of outright farmer ownership of Ireland’s largest milk pool, as well as much greater direct farmer control of the Irish dairy industry, facilitating greater consolidation and cost efficiency.

2010-03-09

IFA DEMAND MAXIMUM INCLUSION OF NATIVE GRAIN - BRYAN
IFA President John Bryan has called on livestock, dairy, sheep and pig farmers to demand the maximum inclusion of high quality native grain when purchasing compound feeds in a show of support for Irish tillage growers. In addition, the IFA President said “farmers have an opportunity to buy quality native grain at excellent value direct from tillage farmers to get over the current fodder shortages.”

2010-03-08

IFA SAYS FARM INCOME AND CREDIT CRISIS AT BREAKING POINT
Following the longest and most severe winter in decades and sustained loss making milk, beef, pig and grain prices, the IFA President John Bryan said the income and cash flow crisis on tens of thousands of farms all over the country is at breaking point.
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National Dairy Committee Chairman

Kevin Kiersey farms in partnership with his brother John in Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford.  Kevin and John run a dairy farm supplying Glanbia with a mixed enterprise involving beef and forestry.  Kevin is married to Maria and they have three children, Miriam, Patrick and James.

Representing Waterford on the IFA National Dairy Committee for the past four years, Kevin has been Vice-Chairman of the Committee for the past two years.

From 1997 to 2000 Kevin was Chairman of the Waterford Agricultural Show.

  

 
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