Last week’s lead mentioned the unhappiness of some Tirlán suppliers regarding the system where there was a link between a milk price bonus payment and input prices.

I neglected to point out that this link was broken last month, with trading bonuses effectively now rebates on feed, milk replacer and, for tillage farmers, input purchases.

I must have enjoyed the Christmas too much to have forgotten this change had occurred.

Dairygold

I understand meetings and talks within Dairygold are seeing farmers call on their co-op to follow suit, rather than adopting the model Tírlan has now abandoned.