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In the coming weeks, dairy farmers will enter into a peak-pressure period – which…
Ireland’s dairy-beef industry has found itself propelled into the fast lane. Since the quotas were abolished in 2015, the national dairy herd has…
A compendium of veterinary datasheets has been launched today (Wednesday, January 16) as a digitised, smartphone application providing access to information on over…
Kerry Group has become the latest processor to announce its milk price for December supplies. The Kerry Group base price for December milk…
Breeding and grass are the pieces of the jigsaw for a successful, highly-profitable dairy farm, according to dairy farmer Denis O’Donovan. Denis spoke…
A growing number of farmers are giving serious consideration to once-a-day (OAD) milking; that was the general consensus at today’s Teagasc once-a-day milking…
Retailers have indicated that, in some cases, they actively prefer dairy beef over suckler-bred beef, according to the president of the Irish Creamery…
In 2016, MSD Animal Health launched a vaccination calendar with the aim to remind farmers of key vaccination dates on their farms via…
The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction – Event 228 – concluded with a rise in index for the fourth consecutive rise following…
Domestic milk intake by creameries and pasteurisers has risen considerably in the month of November, according to the latest figures released by the…
Some disruption is expected to hit the vital live export of calves from the country’s dairy herd early this season, the Department of…
Dairygold has introduced a new bonus payment for its milk suppliers based on sustainability. The “Milk Supplier Sustainability Bonus” is designed to deliver…
Dairy farming in Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan, Gavin Courtney milks a herd of 60 predominately British Friesian cows under a spring and autumn-calving system.…
Yesterday signaled an end to the closed period for spreading fertiliser in Zone A. Last week, AgriLand spoke with Pat Griffin of the Health…
The number of calves registered to beef cows – suckler calf registrations in other words – has continued to fall, figures released by…
Farmers will begin to spread slurry around the country next week. First and foremost in their minds should be safety. Spreading slurry is…
With the expanding dairy herd, the labour associated with calving a large number of cows over a short period of time is fast…
Speaking at the Irish Grassland Association’s (IGA) Dairy Conference on January 9 in Co. Cork, John Roche from Down to Earth Advice presented…
