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Monday, 29 June 2009 13:47 |
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 ANALYSIS: About 20,000 dairy farmers and 30,000 other processing sector jobs are at stake
THE DAIRY industry which for decades has been the jewel in the crown of Irish agriculture is rocking on its heels in its attempts to cope with low prices, world over-supply, a decline in demand and, in recent times, an unwillingness by banks to provide credit to keep going.
Dairying was for many years the most profitable of farming activities, providing the farmer with a monthly milk cheque, the creamery with raw material to process, and smaller farmers with surplus animals for the beef sector.
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Friday, 26 June 2009 09:19 |
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 Sinclairville dairy farmer Nate Wilson is getting the worst prices for milk he's received since he began farming in 1970 - and he is not alone.
"Quite a few farms are suffering," said Virginia Carlberg, community educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County.
She said she knows of Chautauqua County farms that have been sold due to the low milk prices they are paid for their product, along with increases in the costs of running a farm, forcing them out of business.
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