Dairy
Selling milk direct to consumers is a path many dairy farmers have taken mostly using vending machines and farm shops to retail produce.
Podcast
In the first episode of season three of Agriland's limited podcast series 'The Dairy Trail', we...
Look inside the MV Alondra livestock-carrier, where 1,600 purebred Friesian heifers are currently on board and enroute to Algeria
Dairy Focus
Tom Roche is milking 150 jersey cross cows just outside of Castleisland, where he is showcasing good breeding and grassland managment.
While most dairy farmers strive to breed a cow that produces a lot of high quality milk, it's the genetics that matter to one Kenyan farmer.
The Eivers family in Co. Meath are increasing their winter milk margins through optimum winter diets and selective breeding.
In a very special edition of The Dairy Trail podcast live from the National Ploughing Championships 2025, Hugh Harney was joined on stage in Screggan, Co. Offaly by dairy farmers Joe Dean from Co. Cork, and Mella Briscoe from Co. Galway.
The partnership between Tony McCormack and Christopher Cahill began in January 2022 and after a few tough years, maturing cows and weather...
The Byrne family from Coolnasmear, Co. Waterford have been gradually improving farm infrastructure while producing quality milk with...
By Chris McCullough Adding value to dairy farms is a common trend across the world with many...
Thriving for a "simple operation" that allows for easier and shorter working hours and to encourage the next generation into farming...
Joe Healy is milking 97 pedigree Holstein Friesian cows, where the use of American Holstein genetics, embryo transfers and intensive breeding
In the fourth and final episode of season two of Agriland’s limited series ‘The Dairy Trail’, technical dairy journalist, Hugh Harney takes a trip to dairy farmer Joe Healy’s farm in Athboy, Co. Meath. Joe Healy is milking 97 pedigree Holstein Friesian cows, where the use of American Holstein genetics, embryo transfers and intensive breeding selection is driving his herd towards 700kg of milk solids/cow. Joe is hugely enthusiastic about breeding and genetics as he started off milking cows with a strong base of Economic Breeding Index in 2020, and is now driving towards more type, more milk and cows...
Dairy farmer, Tommy Lanigan is milking 260 cows with predominantly Montbeliarde genetics paving the way to an efficient farm system...
Mike Clohessy featured on 'The Dairy Trail' podcast during the week and talked about how he is milking 75 black and white cows in Fedamore,..
Since 2018 Berell Farm Ltd has been using innovative technology to monitor and track cows' health and well-being.
Mike Clohessy is milking 75 black and white cows in Fedamore, Co. Limerick where one Lely A4 robot and a strict breeding routine is paving the way for high solids and good work/life balance. Mike also has a full-time job off farm as the director of the genetic company, Bullwise CRV and is able to manage dairy farming with his job with the help of the robot. Mike talks about his breeding programme and how he wants to breed a cow with good capacity, with an ability to intake large quantities of grass and can convert this to 600kg of...
Sam Dudley and his father Henry are milking 82 pure British Friesian cows where the breed seems to be providing milk solids, fertility...
In the second episode of season two of Agriland’s limited series ‘The Dairy Trail’, technical dairy journalist, Hugh Harney takes...
In the first episode of season two of Agriland’s limited series ‘The Dairy Trail’, technical dairy journalist, Hugh Harney takes...
After being 20 years away from dairy farming, Kilkenny dairy farmer, Sean Meehan has made the plunge back to milking cows in order to...
Dairy farmer Sean Tracey, based in Paradise, Tomhaggard, Co. Wexford is milking 66 cows with great help from his 12 year old daughter Amelia..
At a recent Teagasc/Dairygold farm walk in Co. Cork, dairy farmer Tim Leader highlighted how he has been staying ahead of grass quality...
