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Dairy Council

About Us

The Dairy Council for Northern Ireland acts on behalf of dairy farmers and processors, communicating on the natural goodness and quality of Northern Ireland milk and dairy foods. 

We communicate factual information to allow people to make well-informed choices about the dairy products they consume, and on the place of dairy in a healthy, sustainable diet.

319k

dairy cows in
Northern Ireland

3,000+

dairy farming families in Northern Ireland

2.5B

litres of milk produced by
NI dairy cows in one year

2,300

people employed by
our dairy processors

£1.5B

yearly milk & dairy
export sales

80+

countries world-wide import our NI dairy products

319k

dairy cows in
Northern Ireland

3,000+

dairy farming families in Northern Ireland

2.5B

litres of milk produced by
NI dairy cows in one year

2,300

people employed by
our dairy processors

£1.5B

yearly milk & dairy
export sales

80+

countries world-wide import our NI dairy products

NI Dairy

Northern Ireland has a very important natural resource - we have a lot of rain. Ours is the perfect climate to grow abundant, lush grass for our dairy cows to produce high-quality milk. And from that milk, we produce the finest range of high-quality dairy products.

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