Dairy
Last year, Teagasc opted to contract rear male calves – up to weaning – on Shinagh Dairy Farm in Bandon, Co....
The 2020 calving season is kicking off on dairy farms across the country, with calves beginning to be presented for...
Last month, AgriLand and the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) launched our latest new development, the ‘Milk Price Tracker’. This...
“When I was in the Food Safety Authority (FSA) I used to say, ‘everyone is in the food safety business’;...
Despite the challenges facing the Irish dairy sector, such as animal welfare, the environment, veganism and so on, the Irish...
It is the last chance to apply for the new €1.5 million financial support scheme for calf rearing – which...
It is hard to believe that we are already entering another grazing season on farms across the country; it feels...
Dairy farmers were urged not to feed antibiotic milk, or ‘waste milk’, to calves during the spring period by European...
Six years ago, Liam and Catherine Millerick – who are farming near Fethard, Co. Tipperary – made the decision to...
Calf feeding is usually the most labour intensive job during the spring-calving season with the majority of farmers opting to...
Just 16% of the entire Irish bovine population are genotyped, with a massive 15% of these animals having parentage errors. That...
Colostrum, otherwise known as ‘beestings’, is the most important feed a calf will get in its entire lifetime – as...
With not long left until the spring-calving season is in full swing, it is paramount that your calf-housing facilities are...
The Agricultural Science Association (ASA) is hosting its first dairy event of the year, tomorrow, January 21. Unfortunately, according to...
Dairy farming just a stone’s throw away from Cork city, Donal O’Reilly was one of many interesting guests who spoke...
With the calving season almost upon us, it is good idea to keep the necessary steps in mind to limit...
Just because the closed period has ended for all farmers in Zone A, and soon to end for other farmers,...
There are numerous metabolic diseases that can affect a cow around calving with many of these the result of not...
