Liquid milk

Aisling Claffey, Teagasc nutrition specialist, outlines some of the key factors when it comes to feeding winter milk herds this winter.

Teagasc liquid milk specialist James Dunne highlights some of the differences in performance that explain the difference in profit on winter milk farms.

With calving in full swing on winter milk farms, Aidan Brennan looks at some practical ways farmers can reduce the workload.

High milk prices are a boost to winter milk producers but challenges remain, writes Aidan Brennan.

The Dillane father and son partnership produce liquid milk all year round for Lee Strand Co-Op in Kerry

There has been a few dairy producer organisations coming on stream this year, but it is not a new trend apparently.

The NMA has stated that the incentives paid for contracted winter milk supplies in 2023 must continue to stem the exit from liquid milk.

The volumes of liquid milk supplied under contract for fresh consumption hit a more than 30-year low, National Milk Agency figures show.