Kerry Group and Kerry Co-op’s leading milk price committee are continuing to make progress around the contentious “leading milk price” issue.
On Thursday, both sides met for discussions a second time, with the negotiations described as “very constructive.”
Speaking to the Irish Farmers Journal, executive secretary of Kerry Co-op Thomas Hunter McGowan said progress was being made on the leading milk price issue.
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“We had a very constructive meeting again this week,” said McGowan. “There was good engagement on both sides. Things are still at a very sensitive stage but we continue to make progress.”
Negotiations
Both sides will meet again 10 days time on Monday 2 December to continue negotiations on Kerry’s ‘leading milk price’. In September, an independent arbitrator ruled that the four west Cork co-ops should be included in determining the ‘leading milk price’ on a like-for-like basis.
Kerry Group has spent recent months carrying out an analysis to determine what the leading milk price is for 2015 milk on a like-for-like basis.
While the negotiations between Kerry Group and Kerry Co-op relate to 2015 milk, the final agreement will have implications for milk supplied in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 by Kerry dairy farmers.
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Kerry Group and Kerry Co-op’s leading milk price committee are continuing to make progress around the contentious “leading milk price” issue.
On Thursday, both sides met for discussions a second time, with the negotiations described as “very constructive.”
Speaking to the Irish Farmers Journal, executive secretary of Kerry Co-op Thomas Hunter McGowan said progress was being made on the leading milk price issue.
“We had a very constructive meeting again this week,” said McGowan. “There was good engagement on both sides. Things are still at a very sensitive stage but we continue to make progress.”
Negotiations
Both sides will meet again 10 days time on Monday 2 December to continue negotiations on Kerry’s ‘leading milk price’. In September, an independent arbitrator ruled that the four west Cork co-ops should be included in determining the ‘leading milk price’ on a like-for-like basis.
Kerry Group has spent recent months carrying out an analysis to determine what the leading milk price is for 2015 milk on a like-for-like basis.
While the negotiations between Kerry Group and Kerry Co-op relate to 2015 milk, the final agreement will have implications for milk supplied in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 by Kerry dairy farmers.
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