Emma Gilsenan

Milk Price Tracker: How does your milk price compare?
Milk Price Tracker: How does your milk price compare?

The latest Milk Price Tracker – brought to you by AgriLand and the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) – details milk...

Irish calf exports running 30% behind 2019 levels
Irish calf exports running 30% behind 2019 levels

Calf exports from the Republic of Ireland to other European destinations are running 32% behind 2019 levels, figures for the...

2020 Pasture Profit Index announced by Teagasc and the department
2020 Pasture Profit Index announced by Teagasc and the department

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Teagasc recently released the Pasture Profit Index (PPI) for 2020. Intermediate...

Coronavirus causes ‘logistical constraints’ in China
Coronavirus causes ‘logistical constraints’ in China

Global dairy markets remained very volatile over the last week with the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) on dairy commodity...

Dairy calf registrations storm ahead this year by over 62,000 calves
Dairy calf registrations storm ahead this year by over 62,000 calves

The number of dairy-bred calves born – so far this year – is up by over 62,300 head or by...

Dairy advice: Keeping calves healthy; first milk recording; and reaching target weights
Dairy advice: Keeping calves healthy; first milk recording; and reaching target weights

We are coming close to the finish line on many spring-calving dairy farms, as calving season begins to wind down...

A 100% natural product being brought to the Irish animal nutrition market
A 100% natural product being brought to the Irish animal nutrition market

Michael Casserly, managing director of MCL Agri Supplies, has recently returned from a trip to Brazil where he visited the...

Video: Top tips when carrying out one of the most important jobs on a dairy farm
Video: Top tips when carrying out one of the most important jobs on a dairy farm

The milking routine is one of the most important jobs on a dairy farm, because you could say it is...

Dairy farmers looking to move calves off farm as favourable weather returns
Dairy farmers looking to move calves off farm as favourable weather returns

Fortunately, calf exports are up and running again this week after ferries were cancelled on Saturday, February 29, due to...

What should I do now if I didn’t reach the target area grazed by March 1?
What should I do now if I didn’t reach the target area grazed by March 1?

The wettest February on record meant that, unsurprisingly, the vast majority of farmers did not manage to reach the target...

Dutch dairy commodity prices fall for a consecutive time
Dutch dairy commodity prices fall for a consecutive time

Official Dutch dairy commodity prices have fallen for a further consecutive week, according to Dairy Industry News. Dairy Industry News...

Why a close eye must be kept on BCS in early lactation
Why a close eye must be kept on BCS in early lactation

Rapid body condition score (BCS) loss post-calving can cause health implications or failure to go back in-calf in the future....

Dairy focus: First experience managing a 290-cow dairy farm in Co. Wexford
Dairy focus: First experience managing a 290-cow dairy farm in Co. Wexford

Farming on the outskirts of New Ross, Lisa Doyle has settled in nicely to her new role as a dairy...

Have you ticked all the boxes when it comes to feeding your calves?
Have you ticked all the boxes when it comes to feeding your calves?

Whether this year’s calves will be the future milk producers of your herd or the bull calves will go on into...

Calf exports: Adverse weather affects sailings once more
Calf exports: Adverse weather affects sailings once more

Unfortunately, the calf export trade has been disrupted again this week as poor weather conditions at sea continue. Sailings with...

Spring grazing targets ‘thrown out the window’ as rain persists
Spring grazing targets ‘thrown out the window’ as rain persists

There has been almost no let up in the weather since the beginning of the spring-calving season. Most soils are...

Livestock marts also to be subject to ‘calf welfare inspections’
Livestock marts also to be subject to ‘calf welfare inspections’

Earlier this week, AgriLand learned that a number of random “calf welfare inspections” are currently being carried out on dairy farms...

‘Calf welfare inspections’ underway on dairy farms nationwide
‘Calf welfare inspections’ underway on dairy farms nationwide

A number of random “calf welfare inspections” are currently being carried out on dairy farms across the country by the...