The independent national judging panel for the NDC & Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards, pictured at the launch with ‘The Sam Maguire of Farming’, l-r: Dr David Gleeson, Milk Quality Research, Teagasc; Dr. Jack Kennedy, Dairy Editor, Irish Farmers Journal and Professor Patrick Wall, Associate Professor of Public Health at UCD. The national competition invites dairy co-operatives throughout the Republic of Ireland to nominate their top dairy farmers for the title – details from www.qualitymilkawards.ie