By Rory StoneIRELAND’S dairy industry has a lot in common with its Scottish counterpart. Ireland’s milk production increased by more than 50 per cent from 2008 to more than eight billion litres now, and exports are north of €4bn, making dairy the largest food and drink export category. Scottish production ranges between 1.2- 1.4bn litres a year and has been bumbling along at this unambitious rate since 2003. In 2014, the Scottish Dairy Growth Board was established to identify the challenges facing dairy farmers and cheesemakers – the latter take 40% of all production – and fostering a collective will to overcome them. Similar ambitions, in fact – just on a smaller scale – to the Dairy Growth Board.

Source: The Herald August 04, 2022 12:14 UTC