Ireland set to be No 1 low-cost milk producer as quota restrictions end

Ireland is ideally placed to become the most successful low-cost producer of milk for the northern hemisphere upon the end of the EU’s quota restrictions in 2015, according to a new report from Rabobank.

Senior Rabobank global dairy analyst Kevin Bellamy has done extensive analysis on exactly where demand will emerge for all the new milk to be produced post-2015. His analysis points to Ireland as a primary beneficiary of the widely predicted surge in demand promised by the post-quota era.

Mr Bellamy said: “Removal of milk quotas in 2015 will allow the Irish dairy sector to establish itself as the low cost source of production for the northern hemisphere, taking advantage of the growing demand for dairy products around the world. We would see Ireland as one of the key beneficiaries of the removal of the quotas.”