Dairy
ICBF publishes 2024 active dairy bull list
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has published the active dairy bull list for 2024, detailing the top 75 bulls...
Dairy
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has published the active dairy bull list for 2024, detailing the top 75 bulls...
Dairy
Kicking off the 2024 show season, Ireland’s Spring all breed dairy cattle show, the Emerald Expo, returned on Saturday, April...
Dairy
The chief executive designate of Tirlán has warned that the co-op’s dairy farmers need “certainty and clarity” around the future...
Dairy
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has said he would “fully support” any applications for registration of Protected...
Dairy
Tirlán’s milk payments last year to its 4,198 dairy farmer members totaled €1.3 billion according to its latest financial results...
Dairy
Tirlán’s turnover fell by 17% to €2.53 billion last year compared to €3.06 billion in 2022, according to its latest...
Dairy
Teagasc is reminding farmers of the risks involved when agitating and spreading slurry as the “challenging” start to 2024 has...
Beef
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has urged renewed caution on bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) ahead of the...
Beef
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched an action-oriented, country-focused initiative to reduce the need...
Veterinary
Authorities in the US have confirmed viral fragments of avian influenza – or bird flu – in one-in-five samples of...
Beef News
The Irish Aberdeen Angus Association (IAAA) hosted two bull sales to date this month, the first in Tullow, Co. Carlow...
Dairy Focus
Based outside Castlederg, Co. Tyrone, is Grove Dairy Holsteins, a 750-cow dairy farm with an on-site milk processing and packaging...
Beef
Research by Alltech and Archbold has confirmed the environmental benefits of grazing ruminants. The two organistions formed a strategic research...
Dairy
Profitable winter-milk systems rely on the availability of high-quality silage, with 75-80 dry matter digestibility (DMD) targeted to lessen the requirement...
Beef News
The breeding season has now kicked off on many spring-calving dairy and suckler farms across the country, and the sire...
Dairy
Ornua, the owner of the Kerrygold brand, has said that it needs “more women at the most senior levels of...
Beef
The main output of livestock in agriculture is animal-sourced food according to Teagasc director, Prof. Frank O’Mara. He recently addressed...
Agri-Business
A recent Rabobank report has highlighted what it described as a “complex scenario” for the global fertiliser market. According to...