date:Jun 26, 2014
re are more than 17,000 dairy farms in Ireland, producing 5 billion litres of milk per year.
Milk production in Ireland is projected to increase by 50 percent by the year 2020, according to plans contained within the Food Harvest 2020 report.
Some 495 million litres of milk are consumed as liquid milk in Ireland, with per-capita consumption of liquid milk in Ireland being the third highest in the European Union.