Baileys champion cow competition celebrates silver jubilee in Cavan

THE silver jubilee of the Baileys champion cow competition will be celebrated at Virginia Show in Co Cavan tomorrow.

In the first year of the competition, 1984, 67 million litres of milk were required to make Baileys Original Irish Cream.

Today, 40,000 dairy cows across 1,500 accredited farms produce the daily cream requirement for Baileys, which totals 275 million litres of milk per annum.