Dairy output heading for 10 billion litres in Munster
Longterm outlook promising despite looming price pressures says co-op boss.
By: Claire Fox
Source: Indo Farming
Link: https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/dairy/dairy-output-heading-for-10-billion-litres-in-munster-36492025.html
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World #Dairy Forum Discusses EU Dairy Developments
EU – Last Friday, the European Dairy Association (EFA) organised its annual World Dairy Forum in Ljubljana. For this year’s edition, EDA selected three topics with potentially high impact for the EU dairy sector in the years to come, namely the dairy industry in Southeast Europe, the abolition of the milk quota and food wastage […]