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Dairy
IFA backs supplementary payments on fixed-milk-price contracts
Barry Murphy
The IFA’s dairy chair has backed moves by Lakeland Dairies and Glanbia to support their suppliers affected by fixed-milk-price contracts.
12 May 2022 News
Glanbia’s April milk price on the rise
A new 3c/l agri-input support payment will be included for all April milk supplies.
11 May 2022 News
Glanbia's peak milk changes 'too late' for farmers
Last week, Glanbia announced that it would not penalise any farmer that exceeds their peak milk allocation.
Letter re: Glanbia's fixed milk schemes
"The altering of the schemes in recent years has left us farmers in a perilous position." - Name & address with the Editor
11 May 2022 Letters
Glanbia Ireland fixed-price scheme favours A+B-C
Analysis of Glanbia Ireland's latest fixed-price milk scheme in NI shows that it offers a higher payment under the A+B-C option
11 May 2022 Northern Ireland
Time needed for dairy to respond to shifting policy – Glanbia Ireland CEO
Dairy expansion, farmer workloads and sustainability were all discussed at the Fine Gael Agricultural and Rural Affairs conference on Saturday.
11 May 2022 News
Analysis: what now for Glanbia suppliers?
Aidan Brennan takes a look at the implications of the news that no peak milk penalties or restrictions will apply in 2022.
7 May 2022 Markets
Glanbia plc spinout proposal floated
An investor in Glanbia plc has made public a letter sent to Glanbia plc chair Donard Gaynjor calling for strategic changes at Glanbia plc.
4 May 2022 News
Glanbia offers new NI fixed price scheme
Suppliers can chose from one of two payment options related to milk solids.
4 May 2022 Northern Ireland
Barley offers for harvest up €17/t in past three weeks
Tightness in supply coupled with weather issues continue to drive grain prices for the time being.
4 May 2022 News
Fixed milk prices – end game or new rules needed?
With open market price now far outpacing any forward fixed milk price schemes what happens next? Is it just a hard lesson or will it mean dairy farmers ‘won’t participate’ in forward fixed milk price.
4 May 2022 News
Glanbia scraps peak milk restrictions for 2022
Glanbia Ireland announced on Wednesday that it is dropping all restrictions and penalties on milk supplied in 2022.
4 May 2022 News