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Reporting from Lexington, Kentucky, US. In November 2014 Eddie Gibson, a dairy farmer from…
At this year’s ‘Dairy Sustainability Day’, Teagasc’s John Upton outlined some ways in which farmers can reduce their energy usage on farm –…
The good spring and the recent spell of good weather has resulted in an exceptional start to the 2019 breeding season – with…
If you looked out across the countryside this week you were bound to see grass scattered for silage or a field recently reseeded.…
This week, farmers across the country flooded to the fields to kickstart the 2019 silage season. This was brought on by the sunny,…
Shane Kinsella along with his wife Siobhan and their three sons milk 84 cows near Piltown in Co. Kilkenny. The herd operates a…
The use of fresh semen has grown in popularity over the last number of years amongst dairy farmers and AI service providers. In…
Farmers are being urged to take a strategic approach to controlling roundworms and lungworms in dairy herds. “Failure to plan to protect young…
The Carbery Group has become the latest processor to reveal its milk price for April, announcing a slight drop. The four west Cork…
Aurivo has become the latest processor to set its April milk price this week. Announced following a meeting of the board today, Friday,…
Dairygold has become the latest processor to announce its milk price for April supplies, revealing a drop on its previous figure. The southern…
Kerry Group’s and Dairygold’s decisions to cut their April milk prices have been described as “very disappointing” and against the indicators by the…
It has been outlined that farmers are now in the seventh year of “what was sold as a three-year Bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) programme”.…
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed met the executive leadership teams of China’s two leading dairy companies, Yili and Mengniu,…
Kerry Group has become the latest processor to announce its milk price for April supplies following on from earlier processor announcements this week.…
Last week, farmers looked out in despair at their grazed paddocks which showed very slow signs of grass growth. This was largely due…
Members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine have hit out at the Glanbia/Kepak Twenty20 Beef Club for being…
A “one-of-a-kind” Jersey bull has been inducted into New Zealand’s ‘Hall of Fame’ for the “profound influence” he has had on the international…
