Dairy Focus
John Dunne is milking 250 cows in partnership with wife Noreen and their son Billy alongside the Atlantic coast Ladysbridge, Co. Cork.
Liam Rochford is milking 152 cows outside Cleariestown in Co. Wexford, but only 58ha of the 160ha block are used for the dairy enterprise.
The 2026 NDC and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards took place this week, with the top prize bound for the Rebel county.
Rural Life
All eyes were on Doonbeg Co. Clare over the weekend, as the Amgen Irish Open took place at the Trump International Golf Links and Hotel.
10 years ago Kieran Kennedy had no cows and no land, now he is milking 450 cows across three separate farms.
Shinagh Dairy Farm recently celebrated its fifteenth year of operation, welcoming farmers from across the nation to view its operations.
TB
A total of 28 vets were suspended from TB testing by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine between January 2024 and March 2026.
Mark Gray is milking 108 cows outside Prosperous in Co. Kildare alongside his father Brian and his mother Hazel.
Buildings
Co. Laois dairy farmer Seamus Holland built a 16m underpass on his farm to fully connect the two halves of his dairy grazing block.
Farm Roadways
Farm yard and roadways design can play a large part in how smoothly operations on-site run, and in turn affect the productivity of your cows.
Patrick Fortune is maintaining strong farm performance figures despite the current drought conditions in Co. Wexford.
The Buttimer family of Lyre, Clonakilty, Co. Cork welcomed massive crowds to their farm for a recent milk quality farm walk.
Dairy
Hayley and Gareth Lewis are milking 1,000 cows in Methven, New Zealand with their three children Harry, Mack, and Neve.
Machinery Focus
With drought hammering the south-east and more northern and western areas increasingly dry, farmers are feeding silage nationwide.
Michael and Kevin Fagan are milking 127 cows through two Lely A4 Astronaut robotic milking machines in Glasson, Co. Westmeath.
Many parts of the country are now well into drought conditions, especially in the south-east.
Jason Helen is the man behind one of Irelands most prestigious dairy herds, farming with his wife Laura and his parents Robert and Sylvia.
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Beef
The Commercial Beef Value (CBV) is in its fifth season, and its impact is increasingly substantially in marts and farms across the country.
The Hennessy family of Cappamore, Bearfield, Co. Clare, are milking 86 cows on a a fully organic dairy system.
Dermot and Adam Phibbs are milking 130 cows in Blessington, Co. Wicklow, with a strong focus on infrastructure.
Ger and Enda Armstrong are milking 137 cows in partnership in Kilcolgan, Co. Galway, with a strong focus on breeding and grassland management.
Grini Farm in Norway is benefiting from virtual fencing, which is also allowing it to graze more areas of the farm with youngstock.
