The Irish dairy industry expects to see a lot more green than just what is on its bucolic, rolling hillsides. A combination of increased dairy production after milk quotas end in 2015, growing consumer demand for dairy products from grass-fed cows and a focus on more sustainable processing point to an upswing in Irish dairy exports—and profits—for two of its key producers Glanbia and Dairygold.
As Ireland’s leading dairy ingredients company, Glanbia annually produces 6 billion liters of processed milk, 527,000 tons of cheese and 268,000 tons of dairy-based ingredients. A major supplier to world-class food and beverage manufacturers such as Nestlé and Danone, Glanbia produces one-third of the milk and whey in Europe.