Dairy
'Europe must move to sell skimmed milk powder stocks'
Europe must move to sell some of the skimmed milk powder stocks currently held in intervention, Michael Hanley, CEO of...
Dairy
Europe must move to sell some of the skimmed milk powder stocks currently held in intervention, Michael Hanley, CEO of...
Dairy
There’s huge potential to increase the amount of grass grown and utilised on Irish dairy farms, delegates at the Teagasc...
N.Ireland
A Newtownards dairy farmer will soon be swapping the lush pastures of east Co. Down for the Australian outback. Heather...
Rural Life
PJ O’Keeffe, a dairy farmer from Co. Kilkenny, has been crowned Macra na Feirme / FBD 2017 Young Farmer of the...
N.Ireland
As uncertainty within the dairy sector – locally, nationally and internationally – is at its worst in living memory, this...
Beef
Beef from the dairy herd is as good a quality as beef from the suckler herd, according to the president...
N.Ireland
New dairy entrants John and David Hunter became the big winners in the inaugural LacPatrick Milk Quality awards. The Hunters...
N.Ireland
A Dutch innovation is working a treat in solving an age-old problem on the new dairy unit at Myerscough College,...
Dairy
Tragic circumstances were behind the decision by a Waterford family to opt for once-a-day (OAD) milking, but it has proven to...
Buildings
Farming in Gortnahoe, Co. Tipperary, Tom and John Ryan – a father-and-son team – are relatively new to the dairy...
Dairy
The abolition of milk quotas across Europe in 2015 has opened up the door for many Irish farmers to increase cow...
Dairy
Joe and Kathleen Kirwan – a husband-and-wife team – from Laurel Lodge, Co. Tipperary, have overseen major changes to their...
Dairy
The downward trend has continued at today’s Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction, as the price index fell by a total...
Dairy
The clarification of milk yield concerns in relation to the TB Live Market Valuation Scheme has been welcomed by the Irish...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is actively monitoring a potential threat to calf exports in 2018. The...
Dairy
‘Progressive farmer focus’ is a new series of articles, in partnership with AIB, profiling young progressive farmers around Ireland and...
Dairy
Plans have been set in motion in Co. Cork to develop an educational course on price and income volatility for...
Dairy
Liquid milk producers are approaching a crossroads; many are weighing up the ‘pros and cons’ of milking through the winter....