CONSUMER concerns about personal debt and job security resulted in a 3.4% decline in the value of retail milk sales despite a 2.4% increase in sales volume in 2010.

SOCCER star Kevin Doyle has raised awareness of the need to drink milk among young Irish consumers, the intended target audience of the National Dairy Council (NDC) Milk in Action campaign.

CATTLE dried with paper towels after every wash, twice daily dusting down and rubber mats underhoof – little wonder brothers Kevin and John Walsh were named Ireland’s top two dairy farmers for 2010 at the annual National Dairy Council (NDC) Quality in Citywest, Co Dublin, yesterday.

THE National Dairy Council expects that some 1,400 primary schools will take part in the school milk and dairy programme in the coming year.

ELEVEN dairy farms in eight counties and representing eight co-ops have been shortlisted for a visit by the national judging panel in the 2010 National Dairy Council Quality Milk Awards – the competition which sets out to identify and reward top dairy farmers.

CONSUMER preferences for staying in rather than going out have helped sustain retail sales of milk and dairy products, according to speakers at the National Dairy Council (NDC) Conference in Dublin yesterday.

THE €1 billion retail dairy sector proved to be resilient last year as the recession forced consumers to tighten their belts on spending.

A THREE-YEAR campaign co-ordinated by the National Dairy Council (NDC) to promote the nutritional benefits and consumption of dairy products has been approved for European Union co-funding.

THE largest campaign of its kind ever undertaken by the Irish food and drinks industry commenced last Monday, supporting the Love Irish Food symbol.

SIX farmers have been short-listed as finalists in the National Dairy Council (NDC) Quality Milk Awards, the national competition which sets out to identify and reward the country’s top dairy farmer.

CONSUMERS will be supporting dairy industry jobs every time they buy milk or cream products bearing a new National Dairy Council (NDC) packaging mark.

The National Dairy Council says the livelihoods of many farmers around the country are at risk if their needs are not addressed.

MILK and dairy products are not very adversely affected in volume terms during times of recession with a reversal to home cooking and more in-home entertaining, the National Dairy Council (NDC) stressed yesterday.

AN ambitious five-year strategic plan is being rolled-out by the National Dairy Council (NDC) to strengthen Ireland’s €1 billion dairy market.

A MISSION to use soccer to get more school children to drink milk was launched yesterday.

The National Dairy Council (NDC) has announced the appointment of Helen Brophy as Chief Executive Officer. She joins the NDC from Bord Iascaigh Mhara where she was Market Development Manager.

THE €183 million retail market for seafood in Ireland is growing, according to the latest figures.

THE 200-year-old Irish family business, Dunn’s Seafood, has been acquired by seafood processing firm Oceanpath.

A business-to-business Internet portal for the Irish Fisheries agency Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) has been developed by Esat BT.