Dairy
AHI advises farmers to consider lungworm vaccination
Farmers have been advised this week to consider vaccinating their animals for lungworm this winter by Animal Health Ireland (AHI). AHI...
Dairy
Farmers have been advised this week to consider vaccinating their animals for lungworm this winter by Animal Health Ireland (AHI). AHI...
Dairy
Good housing means happy, healthy cows according to Animal Health Ireland (AHI) which says that housing increases cows’ exposure to...
Dairy
The Forsyth family owns a large-scale livestock enterprise and recently hosted a group of Northern Irish dairy farmers on their...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture, has issued advice to farmers about the predicted risk of disease caused by liver fluke infection...
Dairy
There will be no more annual brucellosis tests, under new changes to the national brucellosis control measures announced by the...
Dairy
While many farmers may consider the dry period as a time for winding down and a break, it is also...
Agri-Business
Just 2,388 herd owners have received confirmation that they currently qualify for Negative Herd Status and that this status will...
Agri-Business
The latest version of Norbrook’s free iPhone app, has just been approved by Apple with new features aimed to make...
N.Ireland
A new scheme offering free campylobacter testing kits is being offered to independent poultry farmers in Northern Ireland. The initiative,...
Environment
Antibiotic resistance has increased in the past years to the point that now constitutes a serious risk to public health, according...
Environment
Latest statistics from the Department of Agriculture show the number of cattle that have failed the tuberculosis test in the...
Agri Politics
Reducing antibiotic usage in animals won’t necessarily reduce resistance levels in humans and countries should not be trying to outdo...
Beef
Achieving a good feed conversion efficiency is essential in beef finishing according to Pat McCambridge a beef advisor with the...
Beef
At this year’s Teagasc National Beef Conference, David Kenny from Grange showed that when it comes to getting spring-calving suckler...
Beef
There is huge value and potential for large savings on farms which use its own homemade Total Mixed Ration (TMR),...
Dairy
While many farmers may consider the dry period as a time for winding down and a break (and rightly so!),...
Beef
Grass tetany is still an issue and it is important to have Magnesium mineral licks or supplements in the water...
Dairy
Mastitis is still the most costly disease in dairy herds, according to dairy equipment company DeLaval. It says that loss...