Dairy
Protecting milk quality during dairy expansion
Thomas Dwan and his parents, Eddie and Ann, were the winners of the NDC & Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards in...
Dairy
Thomas Dwan and his parents, Eddie and Ann, were the winners of the NDC & Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards in...
Dairy
Spring calving is one of the busiest times of the year for Irish dairy farmers. For six-to-seven weeks, the workload...
Grass
The two main nitrogen (N) sources for Irish farmers are urea and calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN). However, there is now...
Dairy
Padraig Keane milks 126 cows with his father John in Kilcormac, Co. Offaly. Having started out with a six-unit temporary parlour, milking...
Dairy
Increasing cow numbers beyond what your farm can carry will severely impact profitability, contrary to the belief that expansion will...
Dairy
For a number of reasons, once-a-day (OAD) milking is becoming an attractive option for Irish dairy farmers. Teagasc’s Brian Hilliard...
Dairy
The Teagasc Next Generation Herd, assembled in 2012 and situated in Kilworth, Co.Cork, offers a forward view of the performance of...
Beef
Half of the soils in Ireland could do with a certain amount of drainage, according to Teagasc’s Dr. Pat Touhy. Speaking...
Dairy
Dairy farmers need to keep a number of factors in mind when selecting a beef bull for their dairy herd,...
Dairy
Crowds flocked to Fermoy, Co. Cork for the Moorepark ’17 open day earlier this week. It’s estimated that 15,000 people...
Dairy
Under Irish grazing systems, dairy farmers try to achieve the perfect balance between cow and land performance. Cow performance is...
Other
For every €10 increase in the Economic Breeding Index (EBI) of a cow, her carbon emissions can be reduced by...
Dairy
Strengthening the business is important for resilience, according to Teagasc’s Dr. Brendan Horan, who was speaking at the Moorepark ’17 open...