Lakeland Dairies announces Supreme Milk Quality Award Winners

Monaghan farm family claim top award

Farm families in Cavan, Monaghan, Westmeath, Meath, Offaly, Fermanagh, Down, Tyrone, Armagh and Antrim have picked up accolades for the highest quality milk at the Lakeland Dairies Milk Quality Awards.

Micheal Smith, Lishenry, Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan was the highly commended runner-up in the <500,000 producer category of the Lakeland Dairies Milk Quality Awards for the exceptionally high quality of milk produced on their farm, from a milk supply base of over 3,200 dairy farmers producing 2bn litres of milk for Lakeland Dairies.

But it was a dairy farming family in Co. Monaghan that were announced Supreme Champions.

William and Alan Nicholson, Drumacrib, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan claimed the top prize for the exceptionally high quality of milk produced on their farm throughout the past year.

The Milk Quality Awards are public recognition of the achievements of Lakeland Dairies’ milk suppliers who are committed to quality in all aspects of their milk production.

The awards were presented by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, with Lakeland Dairies Chairman Niall Matthews and Group Chief Executive Michael Hanley at a special event on Thursday, June 23.

See next week's Anglo-Celt newspaper for full report.