A Cavan man was amongst the dairy farmer award winners at the recent Lakeland Dairies Milk Quality Awards. Sean Kiernan of Kilcogy was named as the highly commended runner up in the less than 500,000 litre category at the national awards. The Milk Quality Awards winners emerged from among 3,200 farm families across 17 counties supplying the 2 billion litres Lakeland Dairies milk pool.
The awards were presented by Lakeland Dairies’ Chairman Niall Matthews and Group Chief Executive Colin Kelly at a special event in Corrick House Hotel, Clogher, Co. Tyrone, together with Edwin Poots MLA, Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Mr Kiernan lost out in the less than 500,000 litre category by Brian and Gene and Gene (jnr) McGinnity, Scotstown, who were also declared Supreme Champions.
