Dairy
As the coronavirus continues to spread rapidly in China, it is bringing an element of “unease” around the global dairy market...
The country is in the middle of a cold spell. Temperatures have fallen and winter showers along with sleet and...
Colostrum, also known as beestings, is the first and most important line of defence for a newborn calf. Not only...
The persistent and heavy rain, brought by Storm Ciara, has well and truly put an end to any grazing that...
A Co. Kerry farmer got an unexpected surprise over the weekend when he ventured out early Saturday morning to check...
The thick of the calving season is upon us, as we head into the month of February. Taking a look at...
The spring-calving season can be a hectic time of the year on farms; so many farmers will try every trick...
From 2022, dairy farmers will no longer be allowed to use blanket dry-cow treatment across all the cows in their...
The most recent 2013 to 2018 report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) showed an overall decline in water quality...
Time and time again, the amount of our soils that are still not at optimum soil fertility is brought up...
Many dairy farmers consider once-a-day (OAD) milking for the first few weeks of the milking season as a means of...
If farmers don’t make changes at farm level, to reduce their environmental impact, they could put themselves at risk of...
Recently, global air pollution expert, Dr. Frank Mitloehner – during a series of interviews with AgriLand – highlighted recent US Environmental...
The potential for Ireland’s hedgerows and grasslands to be acknowledged as carbon sinks on farms proved to be a major...
Farming alongside his father – outside Portlaw, Co. Waterford – Shane Fitzgerald is no stranger to being in the spotlight....
The calving season is kicking off on spring-calving dairy farms across the country, with farmers progressing nicely through the season. Some...
There are many grazing technologies which have been developed, or are under development, with some of these currently being adopted...
“If you looked at defining welfare on farms, you would hear things like freedom from hunger, freedom from discomfort, those...
