# Why Tirlán’s September Milk Price Dropped: Sharp Fall in Market Returns Explained (2026)

> Irish dairy co-op Tirlán cut its September milk base price to 41.58c/L including VAT, down 4.0c/L from August, with an average creamery price of 53.79c/L after composition adjustments. Chair John Murphy blamed surging European milk supply and solids output that demand has not matched.

- Date: 2026-11-01 · published 2026-11-01T18:32:14.160Z
- Category: market · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/34860-why-tirlan-s-september-milk-price-dropped-sharp-fall-in-market-returns
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Oversupply of European milk and milk solids weighs on dairy product prices and farmgate returns, which can reduce demand for dairy-linked feed and signal softer milk pricing for feed buyers serving dairy herds.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Sources

- miraitalk.com: https://miraitalk.com/article/why-tirlan-s-september-milk-price-dropped-sharp-fall-in-market-returns-explained

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