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IFA dairy committee chair Stephen Arthur. A gap of €16,896 has been identified between the highest and lowest paying processors in 2020, milk price analysis completed by the IFA dairy committee has shown. This is up from €16,481 and shows significant differences between the milk price paid by 11 milk processors across the country. The analysis is based on the revenue generated in 2019 and 2020 by a spring-calving herd supplying 500,000l a year to its milk processor. It does not include any trading bonuses, fixed price schemes or forward contracts. Processor rankings The analysis, completed by the committee and senior dairy policy executive Aine O’Connell, is based on milk statements supplied by farmers to the dairy committee.
SHARING OPTIONS: “We believe the analysis will provide more price transparency and we plan to publish it on an annual basis, the IFA said. \ Philip Doyle The IFA intends to publish its own milk price analysis and accordingly rank processors based on the returns they provide to farmers. The organisation said the purpose would be to compare prices paid by milk processors on a like-for-like basis. “The analysis, completed by the committee with our senior dairy policy executive Aine O’Connell, demonstrates the revenue a spring-calving herd, with average monthly milk solids, would generate. “It compares 11 milk processors across the country for 2019 and 2020,” dairy committee chair Stephen Arthur said.