Pig/Poultry
CSO: Number of pigs falls to lowest level since 1991
The number of pigs in Ireland in December 2023 was down by 10.4% when compared with the same month in...
Pig/Poultry
The number of pigs in Ireland in December 2023 was down by 10.4% when compared with the same month in...
Rural Life
The number of dairy cows in the country increased in June by 1.2% to 1,646,600 according to latest figures released...
Dairy
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has claimed that a dairy exit scheme would restrict the growth of dairy farms that...
N.Ireland
Researchers from the University of Bristol (UoB) have received funding to investigate whether artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to...
Dairy
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has said that it will consider a voluntary scheme to reduce dairy cow...
Dairy
Dairy Industry Ireland (DII), the body that represents dairy processors, has said it cannot support a dairy exit scheme. On...
Dairy
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has confirmed that a total of 3,658 dairy herds have been signed up to...
N.Ireland
The much anticipated inter-breed sheep championship at Ballymena Show 2023 was won by an eye-catching Charollais ewe lamb. Bred and...
Dairy
A new UK-based research project which will focus on the issue of dairy cow heat stress has received a £1.24...
Dairy Technical
In 2021, Scotland had a dairy cow population of 174,000 head, while Co. Tipperary had a population of 187,300 dairy...
Dairy News
“A balanced cow with strength” is what the judge of the 2022 Diageo Baileys Champion Dairy Cow competition will be...
Dairy Technical
Having fresh, clean water for cows to drink is a key part of producing high-quality milk on Irish dairy farms....
Beef
The well-known farm based in Co. Westmeath belonging to David Clarke and more commonly known as ‘the Cows.ie farm’ is...
Dairy
Selective breeding can reduce the methane intensity of dairy cows by up to 24% by 2050 through establishing an economic...
Dairy
Adding a negative economic value for methane could facilitate a substantial reduction in methane emissions while maintaining an increase in...
Dairy
With many farms drying off cows at present, consideration should be given to the body condition of the herd. With...
Dairy
At this stage, a proportion of cows in spring-calving dairy herds have been dried off or at least they should...
Dairy
Good hygiene over the housing period is of the utmost importance to reduce the risk of cows contracting mastitis infections....