Yogurt venture enjoys instant sales success

DAIRY farmer Ned McCarthy from Kilnamartyra, Co Cork, has been in the yogurt making business only for the past five months, but already he has tasted success with his artisan Labneh Yogurt, winning the Best Emerging Food Product Award at the recent Listowel Food Fair.

Ned McCarthy’s dairy herd is a 60-cow pedigree Friesian herd. I called to see Ned on his farm in Kilnamartyra to find out a little more about his yogurt, and about his reason for getting into the yogurt business in the first place.

For Ned McCarthy it was the bad price being paid for milk back in 2009 that first got him interested in producing yogurt.