Forum to tackle key farming issues

THREE key issues facing dairy farmers — winter feeding, milk quotas and compliance with the nitrates directive — will be discussed at a farming forum organised by the Irish Examiner during the National Dairy Show at Green Glens in Millstreet tomorrow.

Joe Burke and Paul Kennedy, from Richard Keenan and Company, will speak about winter feeding issues, while the milk quotas outlook will be addressed by Phil Carroll, Milk Policy Division, Department of Agriculture and Food, and ICMSA senior policy executive John Enright.

Preparing farms for nitrate compliance will be the theme for two other speakers, Tom Ryan, a Teagasc farm buildings specialist based at Kildalton College, and IFA Environment Committee chairman Tom Dunne.