Farmers set to share €7.2m from Carbery's new bonus measure

Carbery chief executive Jason Hawkins and director of sustainability Enda Buckley. Carbery's updated Futureproof scheme will see its milk suppliers receive up to €7.2m in additional bonuses. Picture: Andy Gibson
Farmers supplying dairy industry giant Carbery Group will share in €7.2m annually as the company increases funding for a milk bonus scheme.
The FutureProof bonus scheme rewards farmer suppliers for adopting sustainability measures. Carbery are increasing the sustainability fund to 1.25c per litre of milk supplied, based on farmers meeting criteria. Carbery has 1,182 local farmer suppliers.