THE Irish Dairy Board (IDB) will consider marketing collaborations with a number of overseas representative dairy bodies at private meetings scheduled during next month’s global milk conference in New Zealand, says its chief executive Kevin Lane.

THE ICOS National Conference will address the key issues facing the dairy sector as it gears up for the end of milk quotas.

IRISH co-ops do not have the money to expand the country’s milk processing capacity in line with the Government’s stated mid-term target of a 50% productivity increase, according to the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society Ltd (ICOS).