Beef Focus
Watch: Parlour designed for milking Salers suckler cows
One of the farm visits at the recent Sommet de l’Élevage livestock show in France was to a 65-cow pedigree...
Dairy Focus
Dairy
Dairy Focus: Milking 500 cows on two milking platforms
Denis Cody is milking 500 cows on two milking platforms with his wife Carmel and his parents Eamon and Anne...
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Farmer Wellbeing Board offers support to those in need
“A picture paints a thousand words” – this well-known phrase perfectly captures the essence of the Farmer Wellbeing Board, designed...
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Watch: Montbeliarde cows earning their keep milking on two robots
Jonathan Williams is milking a herd of Montbeliarde cows in Barnadown, Co. Wexford where a two-robot system is proving worth...
Dairy
Dairy Focus: 2% empty rate with American Holstein genetics
This Dairy Focus looks into the farm of Joe Healy, who stopped milking cows for 13 years to work in...
Buildings
Buildings focus: Upgrading parlour and cubicles to farm seriously
This buildings focus visits Graze Dairy, where the Gray family have recently invested into their family dairy farm by building...
Video
Why milk vending is a 'roaring success' for Graze Dairy in Co. Kildare
Mark Gray is milking cows in Caragh, Co. Kildare in partnership with his mother and father where they have recently...
Dairy
Dairy Focus: The 'dual purpose' Montbeliarde cow proves its worth
Michael Guinan farms in partnership with his son Kevin and wife Concepta in Ballingcloghan, Co. Offaly where their Montbeliarde herd...
Dairy
Watch: Milking cows and selling milk and coffee from the yard
Mark Gray is milking 97 cows on 150ac outside Prosperous, Co. Kildare in partnership with his mother and father, where...
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Transition milk replacer-fed heifer calves produce more milk in 1st lactation
Heifer calves fed a transition milk replacer in their first 10 days of life produced a remarkable 947L more milk...
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Dairy Focus: Better fertility and milk quality from crossbred herds
By Chris McCullough Around 120 delegates from across the world attended the VikingGenetics UK ProCROSS conference near Birmingham to learn...
Beef
Gallery: Parade of Champions at Tullamore Show 2024
The 2024 Tullamore Show and FBD National Livestock Show took place on the 250ac Butterfield Estate in Blue Ball, Co....
Dairy
Dairy Focus: Calving underway on 1,000-cow New Zealand farm
New Zealand dairy farmer Frank Newman is enjoying the start of the calving season, as 244 cows have calved from...
Dairy Focus
Dairy focus: Converting to a family farm partnership
As part of the ‘Futureproofing Irish Dairy Farms’ Ballyhaise dairy open day, there was a panel discussion surrounding the topic...
Dairy
Dairy focus: No family farm? No problem, go share milking
Share milking is something that is probably not discussed enough in Ireland and yet is a common practice in New...
Dairy
Grazing 650 dairy cows year-round in south Australia
Karl Munden, from Victoria in south Australia judged the dairy classes at this year’s Limavady Show. Back home, he milks...
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Native Tree Area Scheme: Making it easier to plant trees
If you’re a farmer looking to generate extra income, the Native Tree Area Scheme (NTAS) is a great opportunity to...
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Dairy focus: Having a sustainable winter milk herd
At the Teagasc open day in Johnstown castle, Co. Wexford, attendees got a chance to learn about the sustainable winter...
Dairy
Dairy focus: Finding the appropriate stocking rate
Finding the appropriate farm stocking rate is crucial in order to take full advantage of your cow’s genetic potential, grow...
Dairy
Dairy focus: Father and son deem partnership 'very successful'
The second stop of the Irish Grassland Association (IGA) summer tour took us to the farm of father and son,...
Dairy
Dairy focus: Target 'enough winter feed and enough winter cash'
This dairy focus looks into the farm of Bruce Thompson, who was one of the two farmers that the IGA...