Dairy

Dairy farmers must combine a knowledge of milk production with excellent financial management in order to run a successful dairy farm. Each farm situation is different and thus the decision which helps one farmer to meet his business goals may be wrong for another farmer.

This section concentrates on helping you to make good business decisions on your dairy unit. It should help you decide on how to make maximum profit from your farm (now and in the future) while fitting in with the objectives of you and your family.

Milk quotas

Developing dairy businesses require milk quota in order to expand milk production by up to 10 percent per year. Objective comment on the milk quota market.

Dairy benchmarking

Business tools

The diversity of dairy farms requires business tools that are tailored to your needs. Whether you want to compare milk quota prices or plan the future direction of your business.

Business challenge

The business challenge for dairy farmers is a training program that has been specifically designed by Greenmount College for Northern Ireland dairy farmers. Are you ready for the dairy business challenge?