Pig/Poultry
Over half of pig meat in butchers’ shops is not of Irish origin, according to the latest round of IFA...
Dairy
Like it or not we live in interesting times. Dairy farmers today operate in a production environment of unprecedented uncertainty...
Beef
The main reason to record health and disease data is to have healthier cows and calves. Health and disease are...
Agri Politics
The annual budget is an important statement of any organisation’s strategic priorities. The EU budget is no exception, but its...
The liner is the only part of the milking machine that comes in direct contact with the cow. A cow...
In a world-first, New Zealand’s Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) has released a new genetics solution which will shorten the period...
A recent farm walk was held on the dairy farm of John and George Hanna, Downpatrick. They demonstrated how the...
The ICBF database shows that 82% of the 14,000 PI calves born in 2013 and 55% of the 7,000 born...
Agri-Business
There’s a cow – not an elephant – in the room where New Zealand’s trade performance is discussed. The cow...
Maintaining good quality swards in June is key, according to the Management Notes on grassland management on beef farmers for June...
Last week I had the opportunity of attending the International Cattle Fertility Conference in Westport Co. Mayo. This is the...
Nick McIlroy, Shanghai Office, Bord Bia-Irish Food Board A new report released by Rabobank forecasts Chinese beef imports to grow...
By Dr Norman Weatherup, Senior Grassland Technologist, CAFRE, Greenmount The damp and generally mild conditions over winter permitted considerable grass...
Breaking News
What a week! There has been good growth rates, cows have been milking well and surpluses arising. This week we...
Dr David Graham, Programme Manager for Biosecure Diseases, Animal Health Ireland. The prompt removal of PI cattle by culling of...
Rural Life
There is a growing interest in milk oligosaccharides. Why? Human milk oligosaccharides (natural milk sugars found in breast milk) have...
Top stories this week All things agri-environmental GLAS – How will it work? All things Rural Development Plan €12.5bn investment for agriculture...
Tillage
The View from Northern Ireland: Following a good autumn most winter cereal crops are well established with the exception of late...
