Uncertainty over future among young dairy farmers

“FOR the brave and faithful nothing is impossible”. This quote from a speaker at the Teagasc National Dairy Conferences at Limerick and Cavan last week must be the motto of the young, energetic dairy farmers who want to be the dairy farming leaders of the future.

But there was uncertainty about their future among many of the 1,000 dairy farmers who attended the conferences, despite the positivity of the conference speakers.

They painted a picture of a farm enterprise ideal for a driven young person, very efficient, prepared to continue to scale up production, and control milk production costs.