Dairygold fourth co-op to hold October milk price

Five co-ops have now announced their October milk price and all bar Aurivo have held their price.

Barry Cassidy

15 November 2018

Dairygold fourth co-op to hold October milk price

Dairygold will maintain its base price paid for milk supplied in September.

The Dairygold board has decided to maintain the base price paid for milk supplied in September at 30.36c/l excluding VAT and inclusive of a 0.5c/l quality bonus.

Dairygold are the latest co-op after Aurivo to announce their October price. Aurivo decreased their October price by 1c/l while Glanbia, Kerry and Lakeland announced unchanged prices.

Milk prices hold four months running

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