Attention to detail sees Noel scoop top milk award

The Ballinamoney farmer who scooped the top prize at the Lakeland Diaries Milk Quality Awards last week says that his success is down to attention to detail. Noel Reilly, who milks 70 Friesian cows at his 46 hectare farm, claimed both the Supreme Milk Quality Award and the 350,000+ litres milk production category at the event. "No, no," says modest Noel when asked if he was confident he would win. "I knew I was doing okay in the tests but I didn't realise I'd be a winner. Full story in this week's Anglo-Celt.