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| | | Newly-elected IFA National Liquid Milk Chairman Teddy Cashman said the liquid milk sector had seen huge consolidation in recent years, coinciding with recession-induced pressure on retail sales. Over the same period, producers have seen a great deal of change in their pricing systems and contracts, and their margins have been dramatically eroded with relatively static milk prices and an inability to recoup fast rising input costs from the food chain |
| | | Speaking after most dairies have concluded their winter price negotiations with suppliers, IFA National Liquid Milk Committee Chairman Padraig Mulligan criticised dairies for leaving suppliers up to 4c/l short of covering their full costs, and for failing to face up to retailers and maximise market returns to secure viable producer prices. |
| | | IFA President John Bryan has urged Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton to press ahead with an effective Statutory Code of Practice for the retail sector without delay. He made his comments as part of the submission this week by the Irish Farmers’ Association to Minister Bruton on the draft Code of Practice for Grocery Goods. |
| | | Fresh Milk Producers (FMP) Chairman Eamonn McEnteggart has welcomed the strong turnout to date at meetings to discuss the new payment structure for liquid milk. “We have been negotiating this deal for 18 months, and it is now at a point where we are putting it to our members. The changes proposed are far reaching and radical. The group reaction is positive to the structure. However to ratify the negotiated deal officially, a Central Executive will be held in August.” |
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Liquid Milk Committee 2012 |
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