€25m plan to ramp up dairy output

A €25m dairy industry initiative to maximise the abolition of the EU milk quota system was launched yesterday.
€25m plan to ramp up dairy output
Tue, 03 Feb, 2015 - 00:00
Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

Eight dairy companies have joined forces with 10 research organisations to form the Dairy Processing Technology Centre, which will be based at the University of Limerick.

A team of 52 dairy industry experts will be based at the DPTC.

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