08:30 Doors and trade hall open
09:30 The year in milk: price, margin and what held — Aidan Brennan, Dairy Editor
10:15 Panel — contract milk and the 2027 price floor — Processor and farmer panel
11:00 Break — trade hall
11:30 Breeding a lower-cost herd — Teagasc and three commercial herds
12:15 Workshop rooms, three parallel sessions — Grass · Labour · Finance
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Keynote — Europe after the CAP mid-term review — Speaker to be confirmed
14:45 Five costed systems, walked through — Journal dairy desk
15:30 Closing panel — what 2027 asks of dairy farming
16:15 Close
Provisional — final running order in November.
Aidan Brennan
Dairy Editor, Irish Farmers Journal
Speaker to be confirmed
European Commission, DG AGRI
Margaret Donnelly
Managing Editor, Irish Farmers Journal
Speaker to be confirmed
Co-op processing panel
Parking
Free, signposted from the N7
Accessibility
Level access throughout, hearing loop in the main hall
Included
Lunch, the printed costings booklet, all workshop rooms
Subscriber — €25
Print or digital subscribers
Standard — €40
Includes lunch and booklet
Discussion group — €20
Six or more, per head
Prices to be confirmed. Ticket sales and refunds are handled by Eventbrite.
Shuttle bus from Naas town centre from 08:00. Rail to Sallins, then shuttle.
