Northern Ireland milk supplier, Ian Buchanan, farms outside Dungiven. Alongside his sons, Ian has grown their business dramatically over the past number of years.

Daniel and Derek Flynn farm a mixed farming enterprise just outside Ballinabrackey, Co. Meath. The father and son duo have an expanding dairy herd of 100 cows, and also purchase continental heifers as yearlings to finish under 30 months of age.

Located in Ballydoogan, just outside Moate, Co. Westmeath, Timmy Hegarty is milking a 340 Holstein Friesian herd on a grass-based system.

Stephen and Adam Crawford are a father and son duo based in Newtownards, Co. Down. They are milking approximately 80 cows, split calving between autumn and spring.

Lakeland Agri’s Heifer Grower Nut is specifically designed to ensure growing heifers meet target live-weight gains at critical points of development. 

James Hoey, Drumcar Farm, Co. Louth, was a new entrant to dairy farming in 2017, and has been supplying milk to Lakeland Dairies since the spring of that year.

John Dunlop is a dairy farmer from Drumad, Lisbellaw, Co. Fermanagh. Alongside his father, Alan and brother George, John is milking a herd of 150 cows, calving all year round.

Edward Cooney farms directly on the Cavan-Meath border at Tierworker, Kells, Co. Meath. He farms in an entirely spring calving, grass-based system, with cows typically getting to grass in early February, weather dependant.

Gerry Boyle is a beef farmer from Lisduff, Loughmourne, Castleblayney in Co. Monaghan and he began feeding Lakeland Agri’s Super Beef Nut for the first time last year.

Delivering exceptional results with SkimSmart. Up until late last year, Darren was feeding a whey based milk replacer, however he decided to change to the new Lakeland Agri SkimSmart Calf Milk Replacer, having been informed about it from his local Lakeland Agri rep.

Lakeland Dairies Agribusiness division has delivered a 3-step Soil Improvement Programme, in partnership with Devenish and Thomson & Joseph. This project was delivered by working with three monitor dairy farms in Cavan, Monaghan and Westmeath over the past four years.

Jimmy and Catherine Maloney purchase all their animal feeds from Lakeland Dairies, and their farm is one of several monitor farms across the Lakeland Dairies catchment area that embarked on a soil improvement programme in 2013 as part of the Lakeland RumiSmart Sustain fully integrated nutrition system.

Charles Smith, who heads up the Angus Beef Producers’ Group started feeding Lakeland’s Gold Finisher 30 to his finishing cattle last August and is extremely happy with the results achieved.

Monaghan dairy farmer, Eugene McMahon was very appreciative of the work carried out by Lakeland Dairies in an effort to provide a solution to a huge problem he was having with milk fevers and retained cleanings.

Dairy farmer Clifford Cranston runs a very successful heifer rearing programme on his farm in Mullagh, Co. Cavan with the support of Lakeland Dairies Agribusiness.