Agri-Business
Cork Marts to charge sellers €5/head for unsold calves
With its 2024 calf sales underway, Cork Marts has told farmers it is looking to clamp down on potential calf...
Calf Welfare
Dairy
Travel rules could 'end Irish access to single market' for calf exports
An Irish MEP has written to the European Commissioner for the EU Internal Market, saying that new rules on transport...
Dairy
Measures to tighten calf movement rules 'should protect integration'
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has said that any measures to tighten rules around young calf movement should...
Dairy
Bord Bia and department to share data on calf slaughter
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Bord Bia are set to enter a data sharing agreement relating...
Rural Life
New Zealand farmer sentenced for hundreds of calf deaths
A New Zealand farmer who was found responsible for the deaths of 610 calves has been placed on home detention...
Dairy
Herd genotyping most 'obvious' measure for calf welfare - Lakeland
Herd genotyping is one of the “most obvious” ways that dairy farms in Ireland can ensure optimum calf welfare, particularly...
Dairy
Tirlán CEO: Calves 'central part of dairy - have to be taken care of'
The CEO of Tirlán has said that calves are a “central part” of the dairy sector and the production cycle,...
Dairy
Calf slaughter ban: Possible SDAS suspension for non-compliance
Milk suppliers that fail to comply with an upcoming ban on calf slaughter under eight weeks of age will likely...
Dairy Technical
Increasing the saleability of non-replacement calves this spring
There has been, and will continue to be, an increased focus on the quality of non-replacement calves from dairy herds....
Dairy News
Fonterra moves to stop calf slaughtering on farms
Fonterra updated it terms of supply to stop the practice of calf slaughtering on farms for non-replacement animals unless there...
Dairy
Calf slaughter ban on the cards...but 'not a done deal'
The Calf Stakeholder Forum is working through a plan to stop the slaughter of young dairy bull calves from 2024,...
Dairy Technical
DAFM: Penalties not mentioned in calf slaughter letter to farmers
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has said that it has not referenced penalties in a letter...
Rural Life
'Mood of disgust' among local farmers after discovery of dead calves
Farmers in the Cappamore, Kilmallock region of Co. Limerick are “furious” over the discovery of a large number of dead...
Rural Life
DAFM investigation underway into discovery of dead calves
An investigation is underway into the discovery of a significant number of dead calves on a farm in Co. Limerick...
Rural Life
Calls for 'full investigation' after dead calves discovered on farm
There have been calls for a “full investigation” to be conducted after a considerable number of dead calves were discovered...
Beef News
Calf exporters make proposal to build lairage near Rosslare
A proposal has been put to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, for the construction of...
Beef Technical
Pneumonia in weanlings: Prevention is better than cure
Any farmer who buys or sells weanlings will be well aware of the detrimental effect a case of pneumonia can...
Video
Buildings Focus: Going the extra mile to create an environment for calves to thrive in
In this week’s Buildings Focus, AgriLand visited the farm of Pierce Breen to check out his new calf housing facilities.