Tirlán tops the league for December milk, paying out 53.36c/l, excluding VAT, after its 4.77c/l seasonality payment for all creamery milk suppliers is included. Centenary Thurles is paying the same price and so the two are the sole players in division one for this month, with over 3.5c/l of a differential between them and the west Cork co-ops in division two. Lisavaird, Drinagh, Barryroe and Bandon have held their November price into December and although they pay out a significant 0.88c/l SCC bonus for the winter months, this isn’t included, as only SCC bonus payments for milk at 250,000 cells or below are included in the current milk league rules.