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The Irish Grassland Association (IGA) held its dairy conference, titled ‘Future-proofing Irish dairying’, yesterday, Wednesday, January 6.
Jim Woulfe, chief executive officer (CEO) of Dairygold Co-op, opened the conference with his presentation titled ‘Can we sell our milk?’
Milk supplies
Jim highlighted that Dairygold has seen a 70% increase in milk volume supplied over the last decade, from 838m/L in 2009 to 1,425m/L in 2020.
Image source: IGA conference
”Along with the increased volume, the co-op has seen solids supplied increased by 80%, with the average producer supplying milk at 4.20% fat and 3.60% protein, levels that would not have been expected 10-15 years ago.”