Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS)

Ornua has announced three new appointments to the company’s Board of Directors. • Dermot Farrell joined the Ornua Board in December 2025 as the Lakeland Dairies Co-operative nominee. Dermot previously held the position of General Manager of the Foodservice and Consumer Foods Division with Lakeland Dairies and was also Chair of the Dairy Council for Northern Ireland.

The ReNu2Cycle project has launched an important Online Survey to map the landscape for Recycling-Derived Fertilisers (RDFs) across North-West Europe. Researchers are calling on farmers who currently use recycled fertilisers, have used them in the past, or have never used them, as well as manufacturers and suppliers involved in their production, to share their experiences and...

The Suir Catchment Better Farming for Water Action Plan has officially been launched. The aim of the Suir Better Farming for Water Action Plan is to accelerate the adoption of the 8-Actions for Change on farms to improve water quality in water bodies where agriculture is a significant pressure. The River Suir is one of eight priority catchments, alongside the Slaney, Barrow, ...

ICOS President, Edward Carr, has urged farmers to seek advice from their vets on how to manage the risk of Bluetongue in their herds. “It’s worrying to see new cases of Bluetongue being identified in additional parts of the country, diagnosed as part of ongoing surveillance. “It’s clear that disease is more widespread than we initially thought, and it’s likely to spread furth...

The ICOS Dairy Committee and Co-op Chairs met recently to discuss key developments in the Irish and Global dairy industry. Against the backdrop of considerable change across the EU dairy sector, Rabobank were invited to the meeting and delivered a comprehensive paper on the topic of industry consolidation. Despite the current high levels of milk supply in the EU and globally…...