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Kildare Dairy Farmers Face Further Supermarket Price Cuts

A 10 cent drop in the price of Lidl and Aldi's own-brand milk products came into effect yesterday.

The recent reductions in the price of milk will put many farmers out of business according to a representative group.

A 10 cent drop in the price of Lidl and Aldi's own-brand milk products came into effect yesterday.

Tesco and Supervalu say they'll introduce a 10 cent decrease tomorrow.

Pat McCormack of the Irish Creamery Milk Supppliers' Association says these reductions and climate change demands mean it's now costing more money to produce a litre of milk than what the supermarkets are paying:

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