date:Nov 22, 2012
expansion should not be attempted. He said that the profitability will be dependent on how the increase in milk output is managed at farm level. Managing cash flow in the expansion phase will be a key requirement to ensure liquidity while expansion takes place.
Laurence Shalloo pointed out that there has been a dramatic increase in the number of dairy replacement heifers born on Irish dairy farms. The number of dairy heifer calves born has increased each year with approximately 100,000 additi