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Breaffy farmer John Barrett is the cream of the crop when it comes to the quality of his milk.

“The abolition of milk quotas will be of huge benefit to dairy farmers in Mayo,” said Mayo Fine Gael Deputy John O’Mahony Fine. Deputy O’Mahony was speaking on Wednesday as the first day of April marked the ending of milk quotas across the European Union.

Castlebar farmer John Comer was comfortably re-elected as president of the Irish Creamery Milk Supplier Association on Wednesday.

Hot on the heels from his outstanding performance against the South African Springboks, Arrabawn Dairies is offering local rugby teams and schools the chance to win a masterclass lesson with Irish rugby star Robbie Henshaw. As part of Arrabawn’s Breakfast of Champions campaign, this competition is open to local rugby clubs and school teams.

Ballina man Sean O'Donnell was named the FBD Young Farmer of the Year at an awards ceremony in Bantry, Cork, last night.

People are generally more health conscious in the summer, and whether hard at work or soaking up the rays, it is the right time to make the swap to Arrabawn Skim Plus Milk.

Two Galway farmers were winners at the seventh annual Milk Quality Awards.

Arrabawn Dairies has just launched its Get Slim with Arrabawn Skim Campaign, offering customers the chance to win six month’s free membership to a gym of their choice, plus nutritional advice and personal training sessions. This prize will be given out every week for four weeks and can be entered via the Facebook page and website www.arrabawndairies.ie. There will also be lots of other prizes including pink Atak compression wear – perfect to wear when getting fit for summer.

Fourteen dairy farms - including one from Co Westmeath - have been shortlisted as national finalists for the 2013 National Dairy Council and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards. The Westmeath finalists are David and Kathleen Boland from Cartron’s Glebe, Horseleap.

Members of the Galway branch of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) staged a protest outside the Arrabawn milk processing plant in Kilconnell, Ballinasloe, on Tuesday to highlight the strains placed on liquid milk producers who are faced with increasing pressures of feed bills and other rising production costs.