Why Irish dairy farmers are the envy of the rest of Europe

Stephen Cadogan analyses a report by the European Milk Board which found the efficiency on Irish dairy farms to be far superior to that of the 27 EU countries assessed

Pictured at UCD Lyons Farm are participants on the 2022 AgTechUCD Agccelerator Programme.

Milk production in Ireland is more profitable than in many other EU member states, despite our cows having the third lowest average yield of the 27 countries.

Only in Ireland, thanks to its lower costs of production, were milk producers able to generate what the European Milk Board (EMB) deemed a fair income of €22.23 per hour, in the five years from 2015 to 2019.