Dairy: ‘Own labour’ in 2016 worth 12c per litre

Announcing the 2017 Diageo Baileys Champion Cow Competition, from left: Charlie Gallagher, CEO, IHFA; Robert Murphy, Head of Baileys Operations, Diageo Baileys Global Supply; Martin Tynan, general manager, Glanbia Ireland Virginia; and Mary Gaynor, Virginia Show.

On the average Irish dairy farm in 2016, labour supplied by the farm operator and family members was equivalent to about 12c per litre, according to the new Teagasc assessment of own labour input for Irish dairy enterprises.

Teagasc have for the first time done a National Farm Survey assessment of own labour input for Irish dairy enterprises (labour supplied by the farm operator and family members).