Dairy focus: Cork farmer shares his expansion journey, while gearing up for spring January 19, 2020 Dairy Dairy farming just a stone’s throw away from Cork city, Donal O’Reilly was one of many interesting guests who spoke during the Irish…
3 effective ways of controlling Johne’s disease this calving season January 18, 2020 Dairy With the calving season almost upon us, it is good idea to keep the necessary steps in mind to limit the spread of…
Now that the closed period is over… should I spread? January 12, 2020 Dairy Just because the closed period has ended for all farmers in Zone A, and soon to end for other farmers, this doesn’t necessarily…
Time running out for avoiding problems around calving… January 12, 2020 Dairy There are numerous metabolic diseases that can affect a cow around calving with many of these the result of not having cows at…
Dairy advice: 3 jobs to get ticked off your to-do list January 11, 2020 Dairy With the Christmas and the New Year celebrations behind us, our attention is back to the farm and what jobs need to be…
New changes to be made to the dairy EBI and calving difficulty evaluations January 10, 2020 Dairy New changes are set to be made to both the dairy Economic Breeding Index (EBI) and the calving difficulty evaluation. The announcement was…
Are all the cows in your herd pulling their weight? January 10, 2020 Dairy There is huge potential at farm level for farmers to increase their profitability by having the right cow for the system, culling the…
A new carbon sub-index to be introduced to the EBI January 9, 2020 Dairy A new carbon sub-index is set to be introduced to the Economic Breeding Index (EBI) in the near future. Some of the details…
AgriLand and the ICMSA launch new ‘Milk Price Tracker’ January 9, 2020 Dairy AgriLand and the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) are launching a new Milk Price Tracker. The Milk Price Tracker (initially) takes the…
Top tips on grazing, maintaining and establishing clover in swards January 8, 2020 Dairy Clover, particularly white clover, is coming more and more to the forefront of the agricultural industry as we strive to meet our emission…
When is it a good idea to say ‘yes’ to new opportunities? January 8, 2020 Dairy The abolishment of milk quotas opened doors for many dairy farmers, in terms of expansion opportunities. But when is it a good idea…
Is your parlour up to scratch for the next milking season? January 6, 2020 Dairy A new year, a new milking season and with that it is time to get your milking machine ready. Now, while on a break…
Will you be employing someone this spring? If so, here are some top tips… January 5, 2020 Dairy The expansion of the Irish dairy industry has meant more and more dairy farmers are finding themselves either employing someone full-time, or else…
What could be the reason for a cow ‘throwing her calf’? January 4, 2020 Dairy Almost all dairy and beef farmers will experience a cow aborting or ‘throwing a calf’ at some stage or another. But what could…
6 easy ways of reducing the workload in spring 2020 January 2, 2020 Dairy The chaos that comes with calving a large number of cows in a short space of time is fast approaching on many spring-calving…
Dairy throwback: Farming in a ‘niche sector’ in Co. Kildare January 1, 2020 Dairy Today we will be taking a look back at an organic dairy farm which we visited in February of this year. The farm…
Dairy throwback: Starting from scratch and growing to 257 cows in Co. Westmeath December 31, 2019 Dairy Today we will be taking a walk back in time to July of this year, when we visited Robert English and his father…
Lean: The removal of ‘time, money and effort’ while ‘retaining quality’ December 30, 2019 Dairy The word lean has been tossed around a lot lately in the farming world, but what is lean? And what is it all…
