Tom Dwyer, driving for Kevin O' Neill Transport Ltd is pictured during a busy night collecting milk for Dairygold Co op which is the first milk of the new era without quotas. Photo: Donal O' Leary
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Milk quota stories were a constant theme in the Irish Farmers Journal archive editions over the past 33 years. In the lead up to their introduction from 1 April 1984, there was a major battle to win concessions for Ireland, including a famous European Council meeting walk out by Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald.
Over the years, certain words became common currency in dairy farming and the Irish Farmers Journal – ring-fencing, Mulder quota, superlevy, flexi-milk, sofa milkers, butterfat reference, temporary leasing, soft landing and milk quota exchange.
Like the vast majority of dairy farmers, we will be glad to consign these terms to the archives.
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Milk quota stories were a constant theme in the Irish Farmers Journal archive editions over the past 33 years. In the lead up to their introduction from 1 April 1984, there was a major battle to win concessions for Ireland, including a famous European Council meeting walk out by Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald.
Over the years, certain words became common currency in dairy farming and the Irish Farmers Journal – ring-fencing, Mulder quota, superlevy, flexi-milk, sofa milkers, butterfat reference, temporary leasing, soft landing and milk quota exchange.
Like the vast majority of dairy farmers, we will be glad to consign these terms to the archives.
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