It probably seems a silly question. Indeed, many people won’t have given a thought to whether cows actually have names or not. And therein lies one of the big issues faced by Irish dairy – a disconnection between the consumer of Irish dairy products (consumption that has increased during the pandemic) and the people and […]

By Zoë Kavanagh, CEO, NDC Backed by 4,000 years of dairy history, today there are around 18,000 dairy farmers in Ireland. In the main a family enterprise, these farmers milk more than 1.5 million dairy cows daily to produce staples such as milk, cheese, cream, yogurt, butter and whey protein. Dairy production also plays an […]

By Zoë Kavanagh, CEO, NDC Ireland is blessed with the perfect conditions for dairy production, with a temperate climate and plentiful rainfall enabling a grass-based system that is the envy of the world. It’s thanks to this that Ireland’s dairy industry is the most carbon efficient in the European Union. But while our grass-based, family-farming […]