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Innovation and the pursuit of excellence: a history of milk marketing in Northern Ireland 1934–1995
Author(s) -
CHAMBERS GEORGE
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of dairy technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1471-0307
pISSN - 1364-727X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0307.1999.tb01990.x
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , demise , excellence , northern ireland , management , political science , history , law , ethnology , economics , archaeology
This is the last article in a trilogy published by the Society to mark the replacement of thefive statutory milk marketing boards in the United Kingdom by voluntary milk marketing co‐operatives. In the August 1998 issue of the Journal (Vol 51, No 3, pp 77–85) John Empson gave a comprehensive account of the history, achievements and demise of the Milk Marketing Board in England and Wales in a changing political context common to all five boards. Dr Donald McQueen followed with an article on the three milk marketing boards in Scotland published in the November issue (Vol 51, No 4, pp 113–119). The present article concerns the long lead‐up to, and the subsequent history of, a board that was responsible for the marketing of ex‐farm milk in Northern Ireland from 1 April 1955 till 28 February 1995. The author was chief executive ofthat board from 1 October 1963 till 30 April 1988, having previously served for five years as its chief chemist. In retirement he has been delving deeply into the earlier history of the industry and recalling some of the experiences ofhis own time in milk marketing.