The inevitability of unintended consequences

We’re all way too familiar with Murphy’s Law: When anything can go wrong, it will. A corollary to that is Merton’s Law: Anytime you mess with policy and markets, unintended consequences will always rear their ugly heads. That point was driven home in spades this summer. By Jim Dickrell

Dairygold lifts September milk price

Dairygold has increased its milk price by 1 c/L for September to pay a price of 26 c/L inclusive of a quality bonus of 0.5 c/L and VAT. By Ciaran Moran