Dairy
The National Milk Agency has confirmed that its members do not receive a salary but do receive travel expenses.
The new chair of the National Milk Agency believes fixed milk price contracts will be "consigned to history".
The National Milk Agency is reviewing how some milk is purchased in the south but processed in the north and imported again.
Agri-Business
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has appointed Jackie Cahill as chair designate of the National Milk Agency.
Applications from candidates are currently being invited to fill the role of chairperson of the National Milk Agency.
Domestic milk intake to creameries and pasteurisers in 2024 amounted to 8.428 billion litres, a decrease of some 30 million litres.
Dairy News
The number of liquid milk producers in the country has fallen by 37% or 688 farmers in the past decade, according to the National Milk Agency.
658 liquid milk producers have exited the fresh milk supply chain over the past 10 years, a reduction of 35%, according to a new report.
The number of registered milk-producer contracts in the 2020/21 milk year decreased by 14, or 1%, to 1,324 registered producers
The number of registered milk supply contracts fell by 20% in the 2019/2020 milk year compared with 2018/2019, the National Milk Agency says.
