# Dairy Forum Confirms IFA View That Further Winter Milk Price Increases Are Fully Justified - Irish Farmers' Association

> The Irish Farmers' Association says a Dairy Forum consensus expects 2017 milk prices of 30 to 33c per litre for basic constituents. The IFA is pressing for a 2c per litre increase for November milk, citing two years of negative farm margins and rising cow culls.

- Date: 2016-12-09 · published 2016-12-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Ireland · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73504-dairy-forum-confirms-ifa-view-that-further-winter-milk-price-increases-are
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Lower global milk supply expected over the next year, combined with strong butter, cheese and powder demand, supports firmer European milk prices into 2017.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bullish ▲

## Sources

- ifa.ie: https://www.ifa.ie/farm-sectors/dairy-forum-confirms-ifa-view-that-further-winter-milk-price-increases-are-fully-justified/

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