Ready for Milk Freedom? In Ireland, the Answer Is ‘Yes’
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In the ground floor lobby of Ireland’s Agriculture Department in Dublin, a flat-screen TV displays a digital clock counting down the seconds until April 1.
That’s when the European Union removes production caps that limited dairy expansion across the continent for three decades. Call it milk freedom day. Ireland has been gearing up for it since 2010. Companies, farmers and the government have spent hundreds of millions of euros on more processing plants, equipment and cows in a bid to become the world’s fastest-growing dairy producer.