Aurivo Co-op supplier to appear on TV3
Aurivo milk supplier, David Boland and his dairy farm will feature on TV3 on Tuesday, October 8 at 6.58pm.
David was among fourteen dairy farmers who were short-listed as national finalists for the 2013 National Dairy Council and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards. The competition, which sets out to highlight and reward Irish dairy farming excellence, has been described as ‘The Sam Maguire of Farming’.
The short listed farms receive inspection visits from all three members of the expert judging panel – Professor Pat Wall, Associate Professor of Public Health at UCD; Dr. Jack Kennedy, Dairy Editor, Irish Farmers Journal and Dr David Gleeson, Milk Quality Research, Teagasc.
The judges will extensively scrutinize technical information and farm management practices supporting each farm’s consistently excellent quality milk standards. They will also assess aspects of contemporary dairy farming ranging from sustainability and animal welfare to care of the environment.
A number of farms were visited by film crews in recent weeks to be profiled on TV3 in advance of the results being announced. The awards take place on October 21, with the overall winning farmer set to receive a prize of €5,000 and the NDC & Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards perpetual trophy.
