irish cows produce 10% of the worlds milk

whelan1

:eek: that was a shocker when iread it

vanderbadger

whelan1 wrote: »

:eek: that was a shocker when iread it

check out some of these vids whelan, a woman after your own heart..looks like she has more land than all of us together
http://www.youtube.com/user/therealfarmgirl

Tipp Man

That can't be right Whelan

enda1

whelan1 wrote: »

:eek: that was a shocker when iread it

Where'd ye read it?

whelan1

in the paper in the pub;) at dinner time- i think it was the mirror , it was a tabloid anyways, and no i wasnt on the beer. i had to read it twice. Was saying domething that our milk is in real high demand due to the high nutrients in it

krazyfarmer

That must be a Typo more likely to be .1 %.

Or mixed up with amount of Baby Formula made in Ireland. I think Ireland produces around 10% of world baby formula

irish_goat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dairy_farming#Market

We're nowhere near even 10% in Europe.

whelan1

was thinking it couldnt be right ... lok at the amount of cows in new zealand... now i will have to go to the local shop and read it again... be back later

whelan1

page 31 of the irish daily mirror. irish cows are churning out one tenth of of the worlds milk it was revealed yesterday...And the country's dairy herd is set to become one of our biggest cash cows over the next decade with the removal of milk quotas in 4 years:p Demand for milk products has rocketed as china and india develop a taste for western style products. Milk from grass fed irish cows has a reputation as one of the best dairy products on the planet because of it high nutrient value, Leading food expert dr michael keane said " unlike much of the economy the story for ag and food is very good for this year "

Tora Bora

whelan1 wrote: »

page 31 of the irish daily mirror. irish cows are churning out one tenth of of the worlds milk it was revealed yesterday...And the country's dairy herd is set to become one of our biggest cash cows over the next decade with the removal of milk quotas in 4 years:p Demand for milk products has rocketed as china and india develop a taste for western style products. Milk from grass fed irish cows has a reputation as one of the best dairy products on the planet because of it high nutrient value, Leading food expert dr michael keane said " unlike much of the economy the story for ag and food is very good for this year "

Daily Mirror, eh!! That leading exponent of high end journalism, and accurate reporting. :rolleyes:

whelan1

Tora Bora wrote: »

Daily Mirror, eh!! That leading exponent of high end journalism, and accurate reporting. :rolleyes:

note they didnt say the source of the info

LostCovey

krazyfarmer wrote: »

That must be a Typo more likely to be .1 %.

Or mixed up with amount of Baby Formula made in Ireland. I think Ireland produces around 10% of world baby formula

16% of the world's baby formula I believe

5live

I wonder would it be 10% of traded milk on world market in 2020? As tora bora said, they would have the market cornered in accuracy and eyepopping headlines.

The more i look at the headline the more i check the calendar to see if it is April 1st again:rolleyes:.

Maybe they will clarify it in their farming supplement:)

rancher

did george lee not say something similar on the 'business' on RTE last night

keep going

we dont even produce 10% of europes milk but west cork would if they let us:D

old_aussie

Maybe of some guidance,

http://www.dairyco.net/datum/milk-supply/milk-production/world-milk-production.aspx

LostCovey

old_aussie wrote: »

Maybe of some guidance,

http://www.dairyco.net/datum/milk-supply/milk-production/world-milk-production.aspx

To save anyone else reading through all that, it indicates that Ireland produces about 5.3 million tonnes of cow's milk/annum, slightly less than 1% of a world market of 578 million tonnes of cow's milk.

This would make the 10% figure the most accurate tabloid statistic in a decade.

LC

irishh_bob

LostCovey wrote: »

To save anyone else reading through all that, it indicates that Ireland produces about 5.3 million tonnes of cow's milk/annum, slightly less than 1% of a world market of 578 million tonnes of cow's milk.

This would make the 10% figure the most accurate tabloid statistic in a decade.

LC

i heard the same statistic repeated last night on the business show on rte with george lee , we dont produce 10% of the worlds milk but in terms of milk that is exported , ireland produces 10% of the dairy produce which is exported onto the world market , the uk would be much lower as it is a NET importer of dairy products due to its large population , thats not to say that more milk is produced in ireland than in the uk however taken in context , this article is correct