Dairy Day 2026 is taking place on Saturday 14 November at the UL Sports Arena at the University of Limerick campus.
Organised by the Irish Farmers Journal and supported by sponsors Alltech, Bord Bia and Ornua, Dairy Day is an annual event bringing the best technical, market and policy information to dairy farmers in one place.
In addition, Dairy Day has a commercial element with over 90 trade stands promoting and selling products and services required for every modern dairy farm.
So what’s new for 2026? First off, there is the Calf Shed. This is a new live talks and demonstrations area hosted by Adam Woods, editor of the Irish Farmers Journal, and Tommy Heffernan, better known as Tommy the Vet.
The calf shed on display is the new high health unit modular calf shed supplied by Buitelaar Agriculture, and Adam Buitelaar will be on the panel discussing the shed design, features and costs with Martin Merrick.
The other new thing for 2026 is the top 10 tips for saving labour area, where Daire Cregg has put together 10 tips and tools to save labour on dairy farms.
Attendees at Dairy Day will have an opportunity to vote for what they see as the top labour-saving tool or tip.
There are also two main stages again this year, with the full schedules of talks, speakers and session chairs outlined below.
Tickets for Dairy Day cost €25 and are available to purchase in advance at www.ifj.ie/dairyday.
