Dairy
Dairy farmers stave off 'disturbing welfare claims' made by former TD
Dairy farmers mounted a strong defence of the sector’s animal welfare record after some disturbing accusations were made by a...
Dairy
Dairy farmers mounted a strong defence of the sector’s animal welfare record after some disturbing accusations were made by a...
Dairy
Optimising calf care and value are the key focuses of a policy paper that the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) National Dairy...
Dairy
Poor fertility in replacement heifers is often due to them being under target weight by mating start date (MSD); however,...
Beef
As calving on some dairy farms begins to wind down, the number of Friesian calves presented for sale has reduced...
Beef
In response to requests by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) to create more lairage capacity for dairy calves in Cherbourg, France,...
Rural Life
Twin calves with a twist were born at 12:00am last night, according to one Tipperary farmer, with black following brown...
Beef
A recent advertisement appeared on the popular classifieds app DoneDeal, offering a number of Friesian bull calves – for free....
Rural Life
A farmer in Co. Cavan got a bit of a surprise in recent days when his cow had twin calves...
Dairy
Concern over lairage capacity for calves at Cherbourg Port in France is steadily mounting ahead of peak calving season. As...
Dairy
Many parts of the country are currently experiencing cold and freezing temperatures. Therefore, extra precautions should be put in place...
Dairy
With over half a million calves set to land on Irish farms in February, farmers need to be mindful of...
Dairy
Calving has kicked off on some dairy farms recently and will begin to gather momentum as the weeks roll past....
Dairy
Some disruption is expected to hit the vital live export of calves from the country’s dairy herd early this season,...
Dairy
With the expanding dairy herd, the labour associated with calving a large number of cows over a short period of...
N.Ireland
Up to six dead calves have been found dumped over the past 24 hours in a “disgusting disregard for animals”...
Beef
Calf exports witnessed a massive increase in 2018. Some 138,234 calves were exported from Ireland by live export means over...
Dairy
There has been a huge increase in the number of calves exported from Ireland by live export means during the...
Rural Life
An angler who found two dead calves with their ears cut off in the Morning Star River in Athlacca, Co....