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Milk processors in Northern Ireland have increased base prices for January with Dale Farm and Glanbia Cheese adding 1p/l.
A number of milk processors in NI have responded to pressure from suppliers for farmgate prices to reflect strengthening global commodity markets.
Both Dale Farm and Glanbia Cheese have added 1p/l to base prices for milk supplied in January.
This brings Dale Farm to a new base of 27.55p/l, inclusive of the co-op’s 0.3p/l loyalty bonus. In the case of Glanbia Cheese, its base rises to 27p/l before premiums on milk quality are applied.
Longford dairy farmer Mike Magan the catalyst for raising €190,000 for Irish Red Cross for Yemen Appeal
Farm families answer Mike’s call
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Irish dairy co-operatives and their farm families throughout Ireland answered a clarion call by county Longford dairy farmer Mike Magan to help raise funds for the people of Yemen who are afflicted by war and famine.
The results of that grassroots campaign were revealed on Friday as the leaders of co-operatives from all over Ireland joined ICOS President Jerry Long and Mike Magan in an online ceremony to transfer €190,000 to the Irish Red Cross, represented by Secretary General Trevor Holmes.