Finding answers for Irish dairying’s toughest challenges

Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon and ICMSA President Denis Drennan at a meeting in Agriculture House last March.

Milk prices may be at record highs, but beneath the surface, Irish dairy farmers are grappling with mounting pressures –  from environmental regulations and disease outbreaks to rising costs and the future of the family farm.

For Denis Drennan, president of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA), the way forward is not confrontation but solutions.