Dairy farmers remain upbeat

DAIRY farmers are optimistic about their future as they prepare for the abolition of milk quotas in 2015.

But non-dairy farmers have surprisingly shown limited interest in switching to milk, despite predictions that milk output is predicted to jump over the next six years.

The Irish Examiner ICMSA farming survey shows that 92% of the 391 non-dairy farmers interviewed would not consider changing to milking cows.