Dairy Dialog podcast 125: Bord Bia, NZMP, Quantec
Dairy Dialog podcast 125: Bord Bia, NZMP, Quantec This week, more by good luck than good management, the podcast goes live on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, and we have two guests from Ireland on the show.
We chatted with Padraig Brennan, meat, food and beverages director at Bord Bia (the Irish food board), Lara Phillips, senior manager of Fonterra Sustainability Solutions; and from Quantec, CEO Raewyn McPhillips and founder and innovation director, Dr Rod Claycomb.
We also head over to Dublin in Ireland for our weekly look at the global dairy markets with Charlie Hyland at StoneX.
Irish dairy industry sees bright future beyond pandemic and Brexit Ireland’s overall global dairy exports continued their upwards trajectory in 2020, delivering a 3% increase. Pic: Bord Bia Last year, the Irish dairy industry navigated arguably the hardest operating climate it has experienced since WWII, with the pandemic wreaking damage, and disruption across key industries and markets.
In addition to this, the UK officially left the European Customs Union in January 2021, fundamentally changing the way the Irish dairy market trades and operates with its closest partner. In the face of this, it would be a fair assumption to make that the outlook for Irish dairy doesn’t look too rosy, but actually, this couldn’t be further from the truth.