Local dairy farmer recognised for best quality milk

LOCAL farmer Nicholas Cooney from Tymullen in Monasterboice was the runner up in the 500,000+ litres milk production category of the Lakeland Dairies Milk Quality Awards.

At the awards, dairy farmers from both sides of the border won top honours for the exceptionally high quality of milk produced on their farms.

The awards publicly recognise the achievements of Lakeland Dairies milk suppliers who are committed to efficiency and quality in all aspects of their milk production.

Winning a milk quality award is a deeply impressive achievement where individual dairy farmers have produced the highest quality milk, benchmarked against 2,500 other high quality dairy farmers supplying over 1.1 Billion litres of milk annually to Lakeland Dairies.

The awards were presented by Heather Humphreys T.D., Minister for Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and The Gaeltacht, together with Lakeland Dairies Chairman Alo Duffy and Chief Executive, Michael Hanley. Congratulating the winners, Minister Humphreys said: ‘ The Lakeland Dairies milk quality awards help to showcase the very high standards in the Irish dairy sector, which helps to boost trade of Irish produce in global markets. Our dairy industry has a very positive reputation worldwide and this is underpinned by our vibrant co-operative sector and by dairy farmers who go the extra mile.