May 25, 2021, 5:00 pm
The latest
Milk Price Tracker – brought to you by
Agriland and the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) – details milk prices from the most significant Irish dairy co-ops for the month of April.
For each co-op, a green arrow indicates an increase in base milk price (compared with the previous month); a blank space signifies no change; and a red arrow indicates a drop in base milk price.
It is important to note that the cent-per-litre (c/L) milk prices – shown in the table below – are calculated using the widely-accepted milk pricing system (an approach employed by most Irish co-ops).
May 19, 2021 11:00 am
Five key stakeholder organisations in the Irish dairy sector have come together to issue a joint commitment on climate action.
Issuing a statement this morning (Wednesday, May 19), Dairy Industry Ireland (DII), the Irish Cooperative Organisation Society (ICOS), the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA), the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) and Macra na Feirme outlined their commitments.
The representatives of the Irish dairy sector including farmers, co-operatives and processors have agreed a set of 17 high-level principles in relation to climate action.
The organisations said these principles detail “the major contribution of the sector to the economy of Ireland, its ongoing sustainability, its commitment to climate action, the various initiatives that will be required to support the sector”.
April 28, 2021, 6:00 am
The latest
Milk Price Tracker – brought to you by
Agriland and the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) – details milk prices from the most significant Irish dairy co-ops for the month of March.
For each co-op, a green arrow indicates an increase in base milk price (compared with the previous month); a blank space signifies no change; and a red arrow indicates a drop in base milk price.
It is important to note that the cent-per-litre (c/L) milk prices – shown in the table below – are calculated using the widely-accepted milk pricing system (an approach employed by most Irish co-ops).
April 12, 2021 5:40 pm
While the Irish dairy sector is good at communicating what it is doing at an environmental level, it is currently missing a beat in terms of communicating with the consumer, according to National Dairy Council (NDC) CEO Zoe Kavanagh.
Kavanagh was speaking to
Agriland ahead of tomorrow’s launch of the NDC’s latest campaign “NDC: Fortifying Irish consumers’ trust in dairy farming”.
‘Talking to itself’
When asked for her view as to whether the sector is doing enough on environmental issues, Kavanagh said:
“Our view would be the sector has done a really good job at talking to itself.