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August 2018


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PIPE DREAM OR NIGHTMARE? ON-GOING DISQUIET OVER PROPOSED WATER PIPELINE


ICSA rural ment develop- chairman Seamus


Sherlock last night reiter- ated the association’s po- sition that


it will support


all landowners affected by the proposed Shannon to Dublin water pipeline. Mr Sherlock was a speaking at a public meeting on the issue held in Nenagh last week.


Speaking following the meeting Mr Sherlock said, “As was evidenced tonight, there is a lot of disquiet among farmers in this re-


gion about the proposed water pipe; It is quite clear the whole logic of the pro- ject needs to be critically evaluated by the political process before any public money is committed.”


“We will never have


clarity around future wa- ter requirements until the myriad of problems in Dublin are fixed. Irish Wa- ter currently loses 49% of its own product through leaks. It makes absolute- ly no sense to pipe water half way across the coun-


try for it to leak back into the groundwater through faulty pipes and for it all to cost the princely sum of several billion euros.”


“Farmers are sick with


worry about the potential impact of a pipeline be- ing forced through their farms with the potential for extreme short term dis- ruption and long term de- valuing of the land. While we are not against progress we are against waste and the case for this pipeline seems very dubious given


all the evidence that they need to fix leakage levels in Dublin, which are scandal- ously high by international standards. This has to be a priority before any money is wasted in pumping more water


to a leaky system.”


“I would also like to make quite clear that this is not just an issue affecting farmers, the whole com- munity is affected and are abjectly opposed to wast- ing vast sums of money on this. ”


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‘Standard’ Butter/SMP mix now at 34.1 c/L says ICMSA


Following the announce-


ment from numerous milk processors of a lift in their July milk price, the Chair- person of ICMSA’s Dairy Committee said he whole- heartedly welcomed


the


news and he expressed hope that some of the cur- rent positive market sen- timent will translate back into better farmgate prices over the coming months. Ger


Quain noted that


Lakelands, Kerry, Aurivo and individual Co-ops in West Cork had all raised their price for July milk but he said that farmer atten- tion would focus on what he described as the “very substantial


discrepancies”


that existed between the fi- nal prices of those co-ops:


“Farmers will be looking at the fact that Lisavaird are paying over 35 c/L while Aurivo are at 31.5 c/L, that’s a very substantial price gap and while ICM- SA will always acknowl- edge those Co-ops paying a rising price, we equally will always stress that the Ornua PPI is the mini- mum price that


should


be returned and a higher price must be paid if pos- sible”, he stated.


wholesale


Looking at current markets, Mr


Quain said they showed that Dutch Dairy Quota- tions have reached higher levels across most catego- ries this week again, with butter fetching over €5,500


per tonne after slipping back last month.


“The


standard Butter/SMP mix is equivalent to 34.1 c/L translated back to the farmgate and those prices will have to be returned if initial estimates of to- tal costs of production for 2018 are correct – the dou- bling-up of 2018 costs re- sulting from a long winter and drought summer will exert pressures on every dairy farmer in the coun- try and their co-ops will have to understand that many of their


suppliers


are going to be at make- or-break levels this coming winter and spring and milk price will decide the issue either way”, he said.


Dairygold Fodder Budgeting & Mastitis Control Programme


• Pictured at a Dairygold Fodder Budgeting & Mastitis Control Programme workshop in Ballinacurra, Midleton are John Walsh, Knockraha, James Bourke, Dairygold, Maeve O’Connor, Dairygold & Sinead Sullivan, Munster AI. Photo O’Gorman Photography.


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• Pictured at a Dairygold Fodder Budgeting & Mastitis Control Programme workshop in Ballinacurra, Midleton are Maeve O’Connor, Dairygold, Fergal O’Mahony, Teagasc & Eddie Morrison, Rostellan, Midleton. (Photo O’Gorman Photography).


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