Dairy expansion plans ‘not realistic’

EXPANSION to about 80 cows is not a realistic option for the majority of dairy farmers, according to former ICMSA President Frank Allen.

He told a meeting of Limerick ICMSA that farmers do not have the land to keep the extra stock, nor facilities to handle the increased herd or capital for the extra investment.

“There is also the labour element of increasing the size of the operation.”