The Larkin farm epitomises all that is good about family farming, with good technical performance and a good work/life balance
The Somers' family are milking Montbeliarde cows near Arklow in Co. Wicklow and supply liquid milk to Tirlan
The Kennedy family from Cahir in Co. Tipperary are milking 398 cows and supply milk to Dairygold Co-Op
The Lynch family are milking 183 cows on a 262 acre farm near Skibbereen in west Cork and supplying milk to Drinagh Co-Op
Rosin and Eoin Corrigan are great ambassadors for the Irish system of grass based dairy farming
Dara and Beatrice Killeen are milking 150 cows in Eyrecourt Co. Galway and is a former winner of the FBD Young Farmer of the Year
Brian Falvey is the eight generation to milk cows on the family farm at Innishannon, Co Cork with the milk supplied to Bandon Co-Op
That’s the view of 2023 National Dairy Council (NDC) and Kerrygold Quality Milk Award winner John Macnamara, who was speaking at a recent farm walk on his farm in Co Limerick.
Tirlán, Carbery and Kerry Dairy Ireland outline where they forecast milk supply to end up for 2024.