Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Development of Sheep Sector: Discussion

Mr. Michael Crosse:

We plan to recruit four farmers this year and build on that every year. There is no reason we would not have 100 suppliers milking in the next five to seven years. They are certainly there and are contacting us. The Deputy spoke about collecting milk. We would like to pick them based on efficiency of all those things. We see the potential for sheep milk lying very much in the midlands across to Westmeath where there is already a lot of sheep and there are not many cow dairy set ups. There is significant potential in those areas. Within an hour, a lot of milk will be collected.

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