Mr. John O'Gorman:

The only figure we have is from the individual co-operatives and we have tried to work this out. We believe that 5% to 6% of the national milk pool is in a fixed milk price contract. That varies from co-operative to co-operative. Some co-operatives had caps where they only allowed a maximum of 10% take-up on each scheme of the individual's annual milk supply. As I said, ICOS was unaware until very recently that there were member co-operatives allowing individual suppliers to go beyond that point, which was a very risky undertaking. The closest figure we can get, and we do not have access to individual contracts between member co-operatives and suppliers, is somewhere between 5% and 6% of the national milk pool.