Dairy
Start the spreading season off on a high with the correct set-up of your fertiliser spreader. Although the current wet...
Situated right on the coast of the Irish sea, Ben Mooney and his son Robin are dairy farming in an...
Through the contract rearing of dairy replacement heifers, beef farmers can increase stocking rate without the need for investment in...
Farmers are coming under increasing pressure to maintain and improve air and water quality.So, it is important that they are...
All good things must come to an end. As the weather deteriorates, the contemplation begins on whether or not farmers...
Sulphur (S) and nitrogen (N) go hand-in-hand when it comes to maximising grass production and sward quality during the grazing...
The easiest way to prevent clinical or sub-clinical mastitis cases is through good milking practices. During the busy calving season,...
Prevention is always better than cure; but, for this dairy farmer prevention is the only cure. AgriLand took a trip...
“With the pressures from water quality and nitrates mounting, more farmers are going to be growing clover in the future.”...
“Many dairy farmers are eroding their profits for the pleasure of producing extra milk; ego farming is what I like...
Rapid body condition score (BCS) loss post-calving can cause health implications or failure to go back in-calf in the future....
Located just outside Narraghmore in Co. Kildare, Peter and Jenny Young milk a high-EBI, highly-stocked organic herd. At a recent...
This year’s calves will be your future milk producers of your herd; so it is paramount that they get the...
Milk recording results could be used to predict methane emissions and dry cow tube requirements in the coming years, through...
If it slips under the radar grass tetany/hypomagnesaemia can suddenly prove very costly to farmers. The transition period post-calving is...
Dairy calving’s are behind by over 13,000 births compared to this week last year, figures from the Irish Cattle Breeding...
The calving season is off to a flying start across the island of Ireland with the weather – so far...
Agri-Business
The Irish organic sector will be “driven by market opportunities”, the Minister of State for Food, Forestry and Horticulture at...
