Barryroe Co-op has topped the Irish Farmers Journal/KPMG milk price review for the fourth consecutive year. The west Cork co-op price for 2015 came in at 31.21c/litre – almost 2c/l ahead of the milk price review average (29.26c/l).

The rest of the west Cork co-ops supplying Carbery come in next after Barryoe, followed by Glanbia in fifth position. Tipperary, Dairygold and Kerry make up sixth, seventh and eight positions respectively.

The record will show 2015 as an average year for milk price despite dairy commodity prices crashing towards the back end of the year. Most farmers had the majority of 2015 milk supplied before milk prices started to drop.

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Lakeland props up the bottom of the milk price table just ahead of LacPatrick (formerly Town of Monaghan). Lakeland paid 27.82c/l, almost 3.4c/l behind Barryroe at the top of the league.

Aurivo and Arrabawn are ranked just ahead of the bottom two processors, both paying 28.15c/l after collection charges and levies are taken off.

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