An upcoming information meeting titled ‘Planning to secure your Income from Dairy Farming’ will take place next Monday, January 28, in the Hotel Kilmore, Co. Cavan, from 11:00am to 1:00pm.
The event is being run jointly by Lakeland Dairies and the Agricultural Consultants Association (ACA); however, it has been stressed that all farmers are welcome to attend.
Speakers at the meeting will include: vice-president of the ACA, Tom Canning; Lakeland Dairies members relations, Adrian McKeague; and Macra na Feirme, land mobility manager, Paddy Brady.
- Maximising milk price;
- Reducing costs on farms;
- Dealing with nitrate regulations;
- Planning for the spring;
- Details on Lakeland’s new mobility programme will be discussed also.
Speaking to AgriLand ahead of the event, ACA vice-president, Tom Canning, urged all existing and new entrant dairy farmers to attend the information meeting.
“There’s currently a lot of concern among dairy farmers who have expanded cow numbers and are not seeming to be making any progress and there’s also a lot of uncertainty in relation to stronger restrictions coming in terms of nitrates.”
Canning concluded: “What we want to do is to put the facts in front of farmers; get them to take a long, hard look at their business and see are they going in the right direction.”