Milk super levy situation
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has announced that based on estimated milk deliveries as submitted by milk purchasers for the period up to 31st March 2012, Ireland is 0.69% over quota when account is taken of the butterfat content of milk deliveries during the same period. Estimated butterfat adjusted deliveries in March were 496,555,424 litres.
This compares to the position in March 2011 where Ireland was 0.37% under quota when account was taken of the butterfat content of milk deliveries. Butterfat adjusted deliveries as submitted to the Department by milk purchasers in the period March 2011 were 462,977,070 litres.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD and the MARINE
