Finding answers for new entrants to dairy sector

Potential new entrants and young dairy farmers who are planning and gearing up for the much anticipated expansion in milk production post-milk quotas have questions regarding its future shape and direction.

Young farmers are asking what new processing facilities are required and who will put them in place, plus product research and development, and the types of products. And what markets will buy our additional produce?

Funding the future expansion of the industry is a thought crossing every dairy farmer’s mind — and here, Bill Keane from Waterford shares some of his views on dairy expansion.