Young farmers to be trained as dairy leaders

YOUNG farmers are to be trained on how to become future leaders in the €3 billion Irish dairy industry.

Behind the move is a desire by the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society, the umbrella body for the co-ops, to promote leadership in order to deliver targets in the Government’s blueprint for farming — Food Harvest 2020.

Chief executive Tom O’Callaghan announced the training programme at the Macra na Feirme annual rally and conference in Little Island, Co Cork, over the weekend.