Outlook for dairy products looking up in medium term, says Teagasc

DESPITE the current financial challenges, the outlook for dairy products in the medium term is positive due to improving world demand. That’s the view of Teagasc, which will hold its national dairy conferences in Mullingar and Killarney next week.

Dairy farmers, like the rest of the economy, face significant difficulties in 2009 – adjusting to the recession, low milk prices and bad weather.

The conferences at the Park Hotel, Mullingar, Co Westmeath (Wednesday) and the Malton Hotel, Killarney (Thursday) will therefore take place against a background of volatile milk prices and low dairy farm incomes.