One in four litres of milk consumed in Ireland are imported from abroad

IMPORTS now represent one in every four litres of fresh milk being consumed in the state.

Oddly enough, though, Irish dairy farmers will not be too put off by this top-line statistic in the annual report issued yesterday by the National Milk Agency (NMA), the State’s liquid milk consumption regulatory body.

Most Irish dairy farmers are basing their expansion ambitions on the export of cheese, WMP and other dairy products. Nonetheless, the NMA’s overview of 2010 makes for sobering reading.