Dairy Technical
Time to start preparing for the 2022 breeding season
With the beginning of April in sight, the focus on most dairy farms is now shifting towards the 2022 breeding...
Dairy Technical
With the beginning of April in sight, the focus on most dairy farms is now shifting towards the 2022 breeding...
Dairy Technical
Earlier this week, Agriland took a trip down to the Solohead dairy research farm to take a hear about the...
Dairy Technical
The latest Milk Price Tracker – brought to you by Agriland and the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) – details milk prices from the most...
Dairy Technical
Enniscorthy Mart held its weekly calf sale on Wednesday, March 23 ,with over 600 calves on offer at Co. Wexford-based...
Dairy Technical
On Tuesday, March 22, Carnew Mart conducted the clearance sale for Sean O’Leary from Rathnure, Co. Wexford. The 100 lots...
Dairy Technical
The dry weather over the last number of days has been welcomed on dairy farms, with grazing conditions improving and...
Dairy Technical
Due to the increased cost of chemical fertiliser in 2022, Teagasc has altered the recommended fertiliser application for silage fields....
Dairy Technical
The California Mastitis Test (CMT) is an extremely useful tool that dairy farmers can use to detect high somatic cell...
Dairy Technical
A vasectomised bull could potentially be a useful tool on your farm during the breeding season that lies ahead. The...
Dairy Technical
A retained placenta is when a cow or heifer fails to expel their afterbirth within 24 hours post-parturition. In some...
Dairy Technical
On some dairy farms milking time can account for up to 33% of the working day, while on others it...
Dairy Technical
As the breeding season approaches on dairy farms, it is important that farmers monitor the body condition score (BCS) of...
Dairy Technical
The latest data from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF), shows that calf registrations have fallen behind, when compared to...
Dairy Technical
On Saturday (March 12) the Curtin family, in conjunction with Ballyjamesduff Mart, held the annual sale of their Greenlawn herd....
Dairy Technical
March often sees a lull in calving on farms as the number of cows left to calve reduces, so now...
Dairy Technical
The weather of late has been somewhat unsettled, making many farmers hesitant to let replacement heifers out to grass. On...
Dairy Technical
The second part of the herd dispersal sale for Liam and Bernard Moore took place at Cashel Mart on Tuesday,...
Dairy Technical
On Wednesday (March 9) Agriland took a trip to Co. Cavan for Ballyjamesduff Mart’s weekly calf sale, where a 100%...