THE VIEW ON THE GROUND

“You would be afraid the co-op is losing its shareholding all the time,” said Co Offaly dairy farmer Martina Neville, who has a trading vote. But she feels Glanbia is “progressive”. “I feel that long-term it will be good for the farmer – he’ll have more say in the plc and the co-op,” said Gerard Cooke, a dairy farmer from Navan, Co Meath.