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Dairy
Over 100 new entrants to dairying in 2024
Rachel Donovan
Rachel Donovan speaks to dairy co-ops about new entrant numbers since the abolition of quotas and the number coming into the supply pool in 2024.
2 February 2024 News
Sheep Improvement Scheme opens for new entrants
Minister McConalogue announces the opening of year two of the Sheep Improvement Scheme to new entrants.
27 December 2023 Northern Ireland
Interest in switch to milk slows in 2023
Fewer farms have converted to milk production this year with a 20% drop on 2022 levels.
My Farming Week: Kieran Dunphy, Lissahane, Kill, Co Waterford
Co Waterford dairy farmer Kieran Dunphy was a new entrant in 2018, influenced heavily by time spent in New Zealand. Anne O’Donoghue reports.
13 December 2023 News
New entrants leading the way in Dromineer
New entrants to dairying in 2016, the Clarke family combines their love of farming with boating on Lough Derg.
1 November 2023 Milk quality