Dale Farm

Dairy cooperative Dale Farm has reported another strong financial performance for the year ending March 2026. Pictured is Dale Farm, vice chair David Rea, Group chief executive Nick Whelan, chair Fred Allen and chief financial officer John Morgan

NI co-operative sees profits rise to £33m as dairy giant pays farmers £409m

he winning cheeses are judged by an international panel of experts

International judges mame Cookstown-Made cheddar the best in Ireland

Dale Farm, one of the UK and Ireland’s largest and fastest growing farmer-owned dairy cooperatives, has announced a major expansion of its commercial operations, including a significant recruitment drive, as it prepares for the next phase of its long-term growth strategy. Pictured is Mark Boyle, Group commercial director, Dale Farm

NI dairy co-op launches major recruitment drive to fuel next phase of growth

Tess Osborne, Head of Fresh Foods Sourcing NI at Tesco

Tesco NI more than doubles number of local suppliers in three years

The Dale Farm cheese factory as it currently looks like from the road (above), and a CGI rendition of the major extension which has been approved (below). Image: Mid Ulster planning portal

Dale Farm factory expansion approved in major boost for Mid Ulster economy

Kevin and Julie Hickey of Dart Mountain Cheese in Claudy produce a range of award-winning cheeses

‘Tis the season for NI cheese makers to make everyone merry!

The Adventures of Pinocchio cast pictured with Caroline Martin from Dale Farm.

Jiminy Cricket! Dale Farm Shares More Panto Joy With Grand Opera House Partners...

‘Record number’ of farmer members gather at Cookstown AGM to celebrate strong financial results, major investments, and a 30-year milestone, reinforcing the cooperative’s commitment to profitable, environmentally responsible growth

Dairy cooperative hits £722m turnover and marks 30 years with £70m NI investment

United Feeds is marking a major milestone as the company celebrates 25 years of delivering animal nutrition solutions to farmers across Northern Ireland. Pictured is United Feeds managing director Clarence Calderwood, sales director Alan Boyd, and financial controller Debbie Stewart

Feeding NI for 25 years..Belfast animal feed firm is just getting started

Workers at Dale Farm have ended industrial action following an improved pay offer | Google

Strike threat at Dale Farm ends with improved pay deal

A stock image of a woman drinking a glass of milk

Industrial action at Dale Farm could lead to milk shortages

L-R Rosie Forsythe, Cancer Focus NI (front) pictured with Dale Farm's, Fred Allen, Gail McCullough and Nick Whelan.

Funding ‘revs up’ for Cancer Focus NI as Tractor and Truck Run raises over £11,0...

'Pleased' with financial results: From left, group vice-chair, David Rea, group chief executive, Nick Whelan, chair, Fred Allen and group chief financial officer, John Morgan

Team focus delivers for Dale Farm

Dale Farm will host its annual Tractor & Truck Run in aid of charity partner, Cancer Focus Northern Ireland.

Dale Farm gears up for tractor & truck run in support of Cancer Focus NI

This Sunday, Carol Brownlee from Magherafelt will take on the iconic London Marathon, raising vital funds for Cancer Focus Northern Ireland

NI woman to pound streets of London raising funds for 'colleagues and friends'

Runner up Stuart Simpson from Lisburn pictured with Andrew McMordie, United Feeds and Felicity Gale from Kingshay.

Dale Farm Herd Efficiency Awards celebrated at Winter Fair
County Down dairy farmers Harry and Simon Stevenson have been named as the overall winners of the Dale Farm Herd Efficiency Awards 2024, which took place at the RUAS Winter Fair.
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Reuben (7) and Eva Forster (10) pictured with May McFettridge as Mrs Smee and Jolene O'Hara as Captain Hook...tickets are still available for this year's fabulous panto!

NI dairy firm ‘snaps up’ pantomime success as it reprises starring role

Ivan Ryan, left, regional managing director, Lidl Northern Ireland; and Robert Ryan, chief executive, Lidl Ireland and Lidl Northern Ireland

Lidl reveals astonishing figure of how it is backing NI producers and services

Clarence Calderwood, general manager, United Feeds

Northern Ireland animal feed business appoints new manager

Cancer Focus client Joanne Jones with Clare Mawhinney, Maeve Colgan and Sharon Campbell

Titanic Slipways to turn pink for 5k run this October

Dairy cooperative Dale Farm has recorded strong results for the financial year ending March 2024. Pictued is John Morgan, group chief financial officer, Nick Whelan, group Chief executive and Fred Allen, chair, Dale Farm

NI dairy cooperative is 'cream of the crop' with £631.4million turnover

Karen Gaw, Group HR director at Dale Farm, Jon Young, general manager, Dale Farm Dunmanbridge and Group HR manager Andrea Duncan, announce the creation of 30 new jobs at Dale Farm’s Dunmanbridge site following a significant investment

Northern Ireland dairy cooperative's £70million expansion to create 30 new jobs

At this year's Balmoral Show, Dale Farm presented its annual producer awards to commend farmers in three categories for their outstanding efforts in improving milk hygiene. Pictured with Cormac McKervey, Ulster Bank and Fred Allen, Dale Farm are William, Oonagh and Ria Crawford

NI dairy cooperative celebrates top performing producers at Milk Hygiene Awards

The 155th Balmoral Show got underway at Eikon Centre site near Lisburn on Wednesday. Photo: Jonathan Porter/Press Eye

Balmoral Show: UFU chief's plea for big boost to farm support cash

Northern Ireland dairy cooperative Dale Farm is investing £70million in its cheddar processing facility at Dunmanbridge, Co. Tyrone. Pictured are Dale Farm's Fred Allen, chair Nick Whelan, group chief executive and Chris McAlinden, group operations director

Dale Farm invests record £70million in cheddar production in Co Tyrone

Dale Farm is reprising its role as sponsor of the Grand Opera House pantomime for another three years, a partnership which will see the local dairy company support Northern Ireland’s largest and most successful panto for more than 10 years. Pictured are Snow White, Aisling Sharkey and Queen Dragonella, Jolene O'Hara, with May of the Mirror, May McFettridge, Caroline Martin, Dale Farm and Prince Conall of Coleraine, Conor Headley

Dale Farm and Grand Opera House bring fairest panto of them all to the stage

Dairy co-operative Dale Farm has marked the 80th anniversary of its Dromona Cullybackey site, the home of Dromona butter. The milestone was celebrated with a dinner held at Galgorm on Thursday, September 21 attended by both current and former employees. Pictured are Dromona current employees enjoying the 80th anniversary celebrations

Dale Farm’s Dromona site marks 80 years of being 'a favourite in NI homes'
Dromona Cullybackey began churning butter in 1943 and has since evolved and diversified to produce a range of award winning butter and spreads
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Alastair Crown of Corndale Farm in Limavady successful in major awards in Britain

Two Northern Ireland products are a winning cheeseboard combo

Abbie Thompson, Planning and Production Support at Dale farm pictured with Maria Mullan, Assistant Powder Production Manager who also received the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs prize for achieving the highest marks on the BSc (Hons) Degree in Food and Drink Manufacture. Credit: Brian Morrison

Graduation celebrations for Dale Farm’s ‘home grown talent’

Belfast's Dale Farm has recorded a strong set of results for the financial year ending in March, and continues to build on the progress it has made over the past number of years. Pictured are Fred Allen, chairman of Dale Farm and Nick Whelan, group chief executive, Dale Farm

NI farm cooperative Dale Farm reports another record turnover

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Retro: Ice lollies we loved and still love

Dale Farm is leading the way in Northern Ireland for sustainable milk packaging by making the switch to clear bottle caps on all Dale Farm branded and own-label milk. The move will make milk packaging more recyclable. It is estimated that the switch will return nearly 60 million caps – 72 tonnes – to food grade packaging each year. Ed Wright, head of sustainability at Dale Farm with the new sustainable bottle cap packaging

Dale Farm leading the herd with sustainable bottle cap switch

Local children enjoying the new Dale Farm range of ice lollies – Fruit Hoops – which are made without artificial colours, flavours or preservatives

Dale Farm scoops up Northern Ireland ice-cream market

Dr Paul Madden, Centre for Competitiveness, Graham Maze, MD, Road Safety Contracts, Dr James Young, Martin Doherty, Centre for Advanced Sustainable Energy, David Henderson, MD, Tobermore, Allistair Wilkinson, CemCor Ltd., Ed Wright, Dale Farm and Chloe Skillen, Dale Farm

Mid-Ulster firms unite to eliminate use of fossil fuels with farm waste

Caroline Martin from Dale Farm with Cinderella and a lolly-loving May McFettridge, Northern Ireland's standout panto dame

May to sparkle like Cinderella in glitzy panto supported by Dale Farm

Dale Farm specialist cheese graders Rhonda Grant and Brendan Dunlop

Dromona is ‘the big cheese’ at international awards

Ballylisk of Armagh’s Mark Wright and Andrena Nash, winning at International Cheese and Dairy Awards

Cheese firms seek business boost from national awards for quality

Group chief executive Nick Whelan

Dale Farm reports highest turnover and profit of £591m for financial year

Farming Life presentation of the new chain of offices to NI Agricultural Machinery Dealer’s Association at the start of May 1982. Handing over the chain to the chairman, Mr Holmes Haslett, is Mr Percy Moore. Also in the picture are Mr Maurice Adamson, secretary, and Mr Norman McNicholl, vice chairman of the association. Picture: Farming Life/News Letter

Bygone Days: High demand for province’s butter from Germany’s consumers (1988)

Niall Martindale, interim managing director, Sharon Campbell, Dale Farm and Eamonn Donnelly, Dale Farm. Dale Farm won the Large Company Best New Product award for Dromona Lactose Free Sliced Cheese

Innovative local companies celebrated at NI food and drink awards

Taste don’t waste - Dale Farm puts the topic of food waste on the table

Dale Farm site manager, Diarmaid Currie, Economy Minister Gordon Lyons and Shane Haslem, programme and commercial director at Fibrus

Project Stratum milestone as hyperfast connectivity reaches 15k premises

Dale Farm specialist cheese graders Rhonda Grant and Brendan Dunlop

Dromona strikes gold at 2021 International Cheese and Dairy Awards

Milkman Robert Kincaid has been in the job for 50 years

Milking it: Robert Kincaid has been delivering pints for 50 years

David Thani os Velocheese in Belfast produces Italian mozzarlla

Cheesemakers urged to bid for global acclaim

Dale Farm Group Chief Executive Nick Whelan and Chairman Fred Allen

Dale Farm reports annual turnover is up £19m to £524m

Erik Vesløv, senior director, Technology and Process, Arla Foods Ingredients and Chris McAlinden, Group Operations Director, Dale Farm

Dale Farm to supply Arla with whey protein concentrate as part of major contract

Big smiles from Dexter (age 8) and Cooper Stitt (age 5) from Holywood, Co Down

Dale Farm has a fresh new image after over 50 years

County Down Dale Farm farmer Chris Catherwood with children Lily (3), Tom (7), Molly May (8), Michael (10) and Kaitlyn (12)

Dale Farm re-brand part of growth strategy

Dromona Mature Cheddar has once again been recognised for its best in class quality

Dromona ‘dairy’ best at Virtual Cheese Awards

Dean Wright of Ballylisk of Armagh’s artisan cheese is hoping to win a
major national award to boost sales in Britain

Armagh dairy farmer Dean says ‘cheese’ for top award!

Nick Whelan, CEO of Dale Farm

Union meets with dairy processors

Left to right: Arthur Callaghan and George Mullan (ABP) with Nick Whelan and Chris Frizzell (Dale Farm)

Dale Farm and ABP launch dairy beef partnership

Dairy Council NI CEO Dr Mike Johnston

NI dairy industry to be 'wiped out' by no-deal Brexit

Dale Farm Group Chief Executive Nick Whelan

Dale Farm delivers double-digit growth

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