With milder conditions in store for this week, farmers should consider turning out some older calves to grass. Early turnout...
March 20, 2021
Teagasc has responded to a “growing interest in contract arrangements” between farmers to rear calves and other young cattle by...
March 15, 2021
The Teagasc project to test the feasibility of transporting calves by air has been delayed due to cargo airline capacity...
March 2, 2021
The country is in the middle of a cold spell. Temperatures have fallen and winter showers along with sleet and...
February 11, 2021
Farmers are being advised to “reflect” on whether a journey beyond 5km for the purpose of buying or selling calves...
January 28, 2021
The calving season will soon be starting and with that comes the feeding of calves. Many farmers may find it...
January 2, 2021
Following reports that the minister for agriculture in the Netherlands recently told the country’s parliament that she favoured a ban...
October 29, 2020
The minister for agriculture in the Netherlands has said that she wants to see a ban on the import of...
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has said that it is satisfied that the Department of Agriculture, Food and...
September 23, 2020
A decision by the Department of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to suspend calf TB testing during the coronavirus...
May 2, 2020
French authorities have given the go-ahead for the expansion of lairage facilities in Cherbourg which will increase capacity for an...
March 6, 2020
An extraordinary occurrence took place on a farm in Co. Kilkenny in the past three weeks when not one but...
March 5, 2020
Dairy farmers mounted a strong defence of the sector’s animal welfare record after some disturbing accusations were made by a...
December 2, 2019
Optimising calf care and value are the key focuses of a policy paper that the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) National Dairy...
October 2, 2019
Poor fertility in replacement heifers is often due to them being under target weight by mating start date (MSD); however,...
July 28, 2019
As calving on some dairy farms begins to wind down, the number of Friesian calves presented for sale has reduced...
March 30, 2019
In response to requests by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) to create more lairage capacity for dairy calves in Cherbourg, France,...
March 19, 2019
Twin calves with a twist were born at 12:00am last night, according to one Tipperary farmer, with black following brown...
March 1, 2019
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