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New figures from the CSO show milk supplies to processors and co-ops bounced by 6 million litres in September 2024.

Global milk production declined due to adverse weather conditions, cow diseases, rising feed prices and farmers' production costs, combined with seasonal factors. An outbreak of blue fever has damaged the dairy industry in Western Europe, and a severe drought has adversely affected milk production in Central and Eastern Europe. In the United States, there have been some signs of stabilization of milk production volumes after a period of recession. New Zealand is increasing the volume of milk production and covering the shortage in other regions. In Australia, after a period of milk growth, production declined due to drought, crop failures and feed price increases.

The Minster for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, has outlined the amount of funding allocated to the genetic improvement of the national beef herd. Responding to a parliamentary question from Fianna Fáil TD Michael Moynihan, Minister McConalogue said: “My department’s investment in improving the genetic merit of beef sires in the national herd is spread across three separate measures.” NGP The National (Bovine) Genotyping Programme (NGP), commenced in 2023 and will run for a five-year period, open to both dairy and beef breeding herds. Minister McConalogue explained that the programme aims to provide “the building blocks for breeding decisions and strategies” through the genotyping of the calf crop each year in the participating herds. The minister said that year one of the NGP cost €10.7 million which was funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM). The total estimated cost of for each subsequent year is €15 million which he said: ...