Dairy
0.5% of intervention SMP remaining - with Irish stock cleared
A total of 584t of skimmed milk powder (SMP) was sold out of intervention this morning (Thursday, February 7) in...
Dairy
A total of 584t of skimmed milk powder (SMP) was sold out of intervention this morning (Thursday, February 7) in...
Dairy
Ornua’s Purchase Price Index (PPI) has seen a marginal increase in its latest index for the month of January, the...
Beef
Kilkenny Mart’s first calf sale of 2019 took place on Tuesday last, February 5. At the sale, a total of...
Rural Life
A Cork dairy farmer has urged fellow farmers to learn from his experience by sharing the story of a bull...
Dairy
The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction ended on a high today with a substantial gain in overall index. Today’s...
Beef
A spokesperson for a farm lobby group has called for 2019 to be the last year of “full scale” compulsory...
Beef
Pneumonia was one of the leading killers among cattle and sheep during the summer of 2018, according to a surveillance...
Dairy
Progress on the ‘People in Dairy Action Plan’ – which was published by Michael Creed, Minister for Agriculture, Food and...
Grass
Teagasc has released the results of its 2019 Fodder Survey, and the figures show an “overall improvement in fodder position”,...
Dairy
With calving commenced on many farms in recent weeks, the importance of correctly feeding the newborn calf cannot be underestimated....
Dairy
With each day that passes, the calving season on dairy farms gets busier and busier. Many farmers may find feeding milk...
Dairy
Ornua has moved to phase out chlorine-based dairy detergents over the next two years. The decision was made by the...
Dairy
There needs to be “a change in behaviour to reduce carbon emissions”, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine,...
Rural Life
Calls for the provision of grant aid to improve safety and efficiency in marts have been made by a Co....
Dairy
The domestic milk intake for the month of December 2018 increased by 23.2% compared to the same month in 2017,...
Agri-Business
Farmers and agri-businesses on both sides of the Northern Irish border are getting increasingly concerned as a no-deal Brexit looks...
Beef
A farm lobby group has said that it very clearly spelt out to the meat plants the “chronic situation” facing beef...
Beef
Looking at the latest statistics from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) – so far this year – some 31,674...