Dairy
Dairy farmers encouraged to manage production in February and March
Dairy farmers have been encouraged to continue to manage production, with the help of their advisors, into the important production...
Dairy
Dairy farmers have been encouraged to continue to manage production, with the help of their advisors, into the important production...
Dairy
Professor Colin Hill, who heads up the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre at the University of Cork, told the recent St David’s...
Dairy
Lameness is a disease that dairy farmers don’t hear much about, according to Teagasc Dairy Programme Manager Tom O’Dwyer, and...
Dairy
Having a Somatic Cell Count (SCC) of between 200,000 and 400,000 is not good enough, according to Joe O’Flaherty, CEO...
Dairy
The demand from another 1,200-1,500 young people to go into farming through agricultural courses exists, according to Teagasc. Tom Curran,...
Dairy
There is one thing more important than any vaccine or magic bullet when it comes to animal health and it...
Beef
The Schmallenberg Virus, which hit Ireland in 2012 resulting in malformed newborn calves and lambs, could return, the Department of...
Agri-Business
Some 3,400 dairy farms would be without a home for their milk if Ireland did not have the Germany market...
Dairy
Eradication of Johne’s Disease will take a long time, according to Animal Health Ireland CEO Joe Flaherty, but a control...
Dairy
Mairead McGuiness has told farmers she is working hard to address the impending superlevy bill which is set to hit...
Dairy
The Share Farming Agreement is a way of bringing young people into agriculture and dairy farming and it also brings...
Dairy
Ireland finished 2014 calendar year 5.93% over milk quota, the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has announced. This figure relates...
Dairy
“Dairy is a young persons’ game and they need incentives and opportunities and proper training. The farm apprenticeship can deliver...
Dairy
Latest data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) suggests Chinese dairy imports will remain sluggish in 2015. In its...
Dairy
Proposals to possibly implement compulsory origin labelling on milk and milk products, is an area fraught with danger for Ireland,...
Dairy
Co-ops should not be judged on their milk price according to Dairy Policy Executive with ICOS TJ Flanagan. He said in...
Dairy
Soils are drying out fast around New Zealand according to dairy industry body DairyNZ. The majority of New Zealand’s North Island...
Agri Politics
The idea of spreading the 2014/15 superlevy bill over a number of years, at an interest free rate, first mooted...