Tag: milk news

  • TIME FOR CO-OPS TO CHANGE THE TONE ON MILK PRICE – PHELAN

    TIME FOR CO-OPS TO CHANGE THE TONE ON MILK PRICE – PHELAN

    As Fonterra lifts their 2017/18 milk price, EU and international commodity prices firm up and intervention powder sells out at last, IFA National Dairy Chairman Tom Phelan today (Wed) said it was time for co-ops to change the tone on 2018 milk prices and start leveraging improved returns for the benefit of farmers. “The National…

  • STABLE ORNUA PPI A SIGN THAT CO-OPS’ DAIRY RETURNS HAVE BOTTOMED OUT

    STABLE ORNUA PPI A SIGN THAT CO-OPS’ DAIRY RETURNS HAVE BOTTOMED OUT

    IFA National Dairy Chairman Tom Phelan has said the Ornua PPI stabilising for the first time since last October is a clear indication that Irish co-ops have seen the worst of dairy returns and are now able to benefit from the firmer dairy prices being reported by the EU Milk Market Observatory. He said this…