Glass half-full for Irish farmers anticipating end of the quota era

EVEN if you do not know one end of a cow from the udder, the herds you see dotted in fields across the country still represents the single brightest news story on our national economic landscape.

While the conventional wisdom may warn off those pining for potential on far-off green fields, there is a definite bonanza grazing away within our milk industry.

This is because in 2015 one of the most controversial features of our involvement in the EU is to be consigned to history.