Tirlán has today (Friday, December 20) announced details of its 2025 Trading Bonus Scheme, which aims to reward farmer members and customers for trading with the co-op.
Tirlán chairperson John Murphy said that the 2025 measure is an “evolution” of the trading bonus scheme which has operated since 2018.
“In 2025, we have changed the focus of the milk supplier element of the trading bonus to help our farmers drive milk solids production,” he said.
“Data from our new milk solids tracker has highlighted the importance of adequate feeding in the spring to improve milk solids production and set herds up for good full season performance.
“In response, we are reshaping the dairy element of the trading bonus scheme to focus on driving milk solids production through peak,” Murphy added.
Tirlán
In 2025, Tirlán explained that a dairy feed bonus of €30/t will be available on purchases of GAIN dairy feed made between January 1 and April 30, subject to an overall maximum quantity of 110,000t.
This bonus will be paid as a rebate to trading accounts in the second half of 2025.
In addition, a calf milk replacer bonus payment of €60/t will be available for purchases of GAIN calf milk replacer during the same period, subject to an overall maximum of 2,000t.
The co-op noted that both the dairy feed bonus and the calf milk replacer payment are only available to farmer customers.
In the case of non-Tirlán milk suppliers, the dairy feed bonus is confined to active customers of Tirlán who have purchased dairy feed using their trading account in the last 12 months.
Ailish Byrne, Tirlán chief agribusiness officer explained that increasing milk solids output has the potential to drive higher farm profitability.
“This reshaped dairy feed bonus is one of a number of measures aimed at helping our farmer members and customers increase their productivity.
“We have recently launched our online milk dolids tracker which is helping farmers to improve farm efficiency and profitability,” she said.
Grain, beef and sheep
Tirlán has also announced details today of its 2025 grain trading bonus.
The co-op said this bonus will continue to offer a payment of up to €10/t of grain supplied for input purchases of greater than €60/t in 2025 from Tirlán.
A bonus rate of €7.50/t will apply for input purchases of between €50 and €60 per tonne, while a rate of €5/t will apply for input spend of €40 – €50 per tonne.
The payments apply to both green and dried grain supplies from harvest 2025.
Beef and sheep farmer customers of Tirlán that are co-op members will qualify for a feed bonus on their tonnes purchased throughout the full year of 2025.
For non-milk suppliers, the 2025 beef and sheep feed trading bonus will be €10/t of beef and sheep feed products purchased from Tirlán.
For non-milk suppliers, the 2025 feed trading bonus will be €3/t for straights. The feed trading bonus is not open to dairy feed purchases or to milk suppliers.
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