Quality wins in milk supplier award

QUALITY is the gateway to winning and keeping consumer confidence, Glanbia chairman Michael Walsh declared in Kilkenny yesterday.

He was speaking at the presentation of Glanbia’s overall quality milk supplier award by Kilkenny hurler DJ Carey to Joseph and Mary McGrath and their son Seoirse, Moneylane, Arklow, Co Wicklow. Regional awards were also presented.

The McGraths, who farm a 160-cow herd, are liquid milk suppliers to Glanbia’s Ballytore plant for the Avonmore brand. The herd has an average yield of 1,500 gallons per cow.