Monthly Archives: December 2016

FEEDING THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND – CONCISE VERSION

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Stuart Meikle

As Ireland’s milk processors focus on exports and liquid milk price contracts become unattractive to farmers, is fresh Irish milk going to be a premium product available to only a few? After all, so many dairy products are already imported, … Continue reading →

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HAVE WE FORGOTTEN TO FEED THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND?

Posted on December 18, 2016 by Stuart Meikle

One frequently reads about the plight of liquid milk producers in Ireland; about how the price that they are paid does not meet the extra costs of producing milk all year and that this is jeopardising their future.  Is fresh … Continue reading →

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