Dairy exports reach €4bn, farmers hear at open day

Exports of Irish dairy products and ingredients have risen to over €4bn in 2018, having averaged €1.84bn from 2007 to 2009, thousands of farmers heard at Teagasc Dairy Open Day, at Moorepark, in Fermoy, Co Cork.

The huge attendance heard Irish milk production increased to 7.57bn litres in 2018 and looks set to reach 8bn litres this year, as output continues to grow since the abolition of EU milk quotas in 2015.