Dairy
The 40-year journey: How one farmer progressed from manager to owner
Farming on the outskirts of Mallow, Co. Cork, John Fitzgerald mapped his transition from farm manager to owner at a...
Dairy
Farming on the outskirts of Mallow, Co. Cork, John Fitzgerald mapped his transition from farm manager to owner at a...
Dairy
Glanbia and Lakeland Dairies have short-changed their farmer-suppliers, courtesy of the price they paid for May milk, according to the...
Dairy
A 1.4% increase in world milk output is expected in 2017, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). The...
Dairy
There are many upsides to entering milk production in a post-quota Ireland. The milk price is good, meaning that a...
Dairy
A recent ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on how dairy substitutes are marketed has been welcomed by farm organisations. The...
Agri-Business
The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) has presented Carbery Group with an NSAI Award of Distinction in recognition of...
Dairy
The Irish dairy industry has undergone considerable expansion since the shackles of quotas were removed in April 2015. In the...
Dairy
Irish dairy farmers have been urged to assess other opportunities, such as bringing in overseas labour, to solve the impending...
Dairy
Teagasc has eased some of the burden faced by dairy farmers when it comes to employing staff with the publication...
Dairy
Arrabawn Co-op is the latest in a growing number of processors to announce a milk price increase for May supplies....
Beef
Ireland is only the second country in the world to have over one million cattle with a valid genotype, according...
Dairy
The Irish dairy industry has lost markets in the EU due to the excessive levels of iodine in our milk,...
Dairy
Tom and Moya Power were crowned the overall winners of the National Dairy Council/Kerrygold National Milk Quality Award last October....
Dairy
Kerry is the latest processor to reveal that it will be increasing its milk price for milk supplied in May by...
Dairy
Lakeland Dairies is the latest processor to increase its May milk price, following on from Glanbia’s announcement earlier today. The...
Dairy
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s Animal Identification and Movement System (AIM) recorded over three million cattle movements in 2016....
Dairy
Rising dairy cow numbers have driven an increase in the number of calf births this year, new figures show. Data released...
Dairy
The average dairy farm income, across the 15,639 farms represented by the Teagasc National Farm Survey, was €51,809 in 2016....