Dairygold and Teagasc launch €1m post-quota dairy farm programme

Dairygold and Teagasc have launched a €1m three-year dairy farm development programme, aimed at boosting the post-quota profitability of the co-op’s 3,000 members.

Farmers will be invited to follow the expansion plans of four demonstration farms — a family farm growing from 60 cows up to 90 cows; a new entrant with up to 90 cows; a family farm rising from 100 to 150 cows; and a large herd operation with a new entrant collaboration model.

Dairygold chief executive, Jim Woulfe, said: “The core objective of this programme is to work with the tremendous resource that is Teagasc to help our milk suppliers achieve their dairy expansion ambitions but do so in a manner that is sustainable for them, their families, their herds and the society.