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Lakeland Dairies tops milk league for 2024
Aidan Brennan
The table includes 13th payments which have already been announced and will be updated if other co-ops issue top-ups, writes Aidan Brennan.
29 January 2025 News
Tirlán milk supplies recovered at end of 2024
Co-op chair confirmed that there would be no 13th milk payment for the year.
29 January 2025 Northern Ireland
NI milk league: Lakeland moves back on top for December
Lakeland Dairies' loyalty bonus and higher value increments on milk solids helped the co-op claim top spot in the Northern Ireland milk league for December.
NI milk league: Tirlán remains in control of 1m litre leagues
Tirlán leads the December milk league for a farmer producing 1m litres annually in Northern Ireland.
29 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Tirlán takes December but Lakeland top overall
Lakeland Dairies, despite being in division three for December claim the top spot for the cumulative milk payments in 2024.
29 January 2025 Markets
Tirlán says milk supply ended year only 1% lower than 2023 level
Co-op predicts that supply in 2025 will increase by between 3% and 5%.
23 January 2025 News
Dairygold meeting 'wasn't balanced' - CEO
Dairygold CEO Michael Harte acknowledged the issues farmers raised in relation to milk price and the recently announced loyalty bonus scheme.
15 January 2025 News
Dairygold suppliers vent anger over milk price and bonus
Over 300 farmers gathered in Co Cork on Monday night where their co-op came in for sharp criticism.
14 January 2025 News
NI milk league: Tirlán makes it an Autumn hat-trick in NI
Higher premiums for milk quality keeps Tirlán on top of the NI milk league for the third month in a row.
1 January 2025 Northern Ireland
NI milk leagues: A+B-C payments keep Tirlán top of 1m-litre leagues
Tirlán is well positioned within the 1m-litre milk analysis for November, thanks to its solids-based payments.
1 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Another lift in milk price for November supplies
All of the co-ops bar one increased milk price for November deliveries, writes dairy editor Aidan Brennan.
1 January 2025 Markets
Tirlán leads five-year NI price analysis
Kieran Mailey looks at the average prices paid by the main processors of NI milk over the last five years
4 December 2024 Northern Ireland