The recent expansion of the Irish dairy industry has reduced the global footprint of milk production by about four million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e), assuming that Irish milk displaced milk with a global average carbon footprint.

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.