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MSD Animal Health has launched SenseHub Lifetime, the world’s only system that monitors dairy animals at every stage of life.
To better understand emerging opportunities for the dairy sector, Bord Bia works with organisations such as New Nutrition Business.
With a severe case of mastitis estimated to cost more than €700, keeping the cow’s environment clean and dry can have a financial value.
Since purchasing a 26m3 SILOKING diet feeder in December 2020, Peter Farrell has seen significant improvements in feeding efficiency
Bord Bia audits under the Sustainable Dairy Assurance Scheme (SDAS) are essential to supporting the Irish dairy sector.
Dairy farmers Owen and Orla Cleary are milking 80 black and white cows on 65ac of ground in Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary.
Animal welfare and environmental sustainability are often presented as competing priorities for dairy farmers.
Farmers looking to improve grassland will hear from experienced Irish and international speakers at BioFarm this November.
A French dairy farm is demonstrating how a tightly managed grass-based production system can improve animal health and milk quality.
The benefits of small anaerobic digestion (AD) systems for on-farm energy use, or export to the grid, has been a subject of much discussion.
Bord Bia's Mick Houlihan comes from a suckler beef farm in Co Kildare, where he still helps out when time allows.
A European study has shown that feeding strategy, grazing management and production intensity influence the fatty acid profile of milk.
The Kubota M5002 Series offers farmers impressive power, agility, and practicality at a competitive price.
Housing is a useful point to review the parasite challenge cattle faced at grass, Boehringer Ingelheim veterinary adviser Peter Howard says.
For a 110-cow herd, a 59-panel solar array and a battery bank have taken most of the electricity cost out of the milking routine.
As cattle come in off grass, how much of your parasite control is down to guesswork?
With an inspiring programme, the Dairy Women Ireland Conference 2026 promises to be an event not to be missed.
Since installing SenseHub technology in 2021, Co. Limerick farmer Denis O'Dea says his farm has reduced its labour requirement.
Lorcan McDonnell is milking just over 240 cows through a robotic set-up in Co. Meath alongside his parents, Laurence and Anne-Marie.
Dairy farmers are being encouraged to analyse health and behaviour data more closely during the dry cow period.
As managing farmland today is not easy, solar has become a reliable option for farmers across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
What started with frustration over paperwork on their own family farms has grown into a livestock management platform.
Having built their herd from 50 to over 200 cows, Dan and Bernard O’Reilly are now focused on getting more from every cow.
