Dairy
Hygiene and biosecurity measures crucial this calving season
Many cows have already kicked off the calving season, as there have been a number of calves born across the...
Calving
Dairy
Dairy advice: Getting prepared for the calving season
We are nearing the end of December, meaning it won’t be long until the calving season kicks off all over...
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Events to showcase options for life beyond the farm
Two events are set to take place in the north-west to showcase the positives of the Irish dairy sector and...
Dairy
Dairy advice: Eliminating the enemy that is calf scour
Calf scour is a well-known enemy in farm yards across the country, with the disease holding the record for the...
Dairy
Autumn calving: Achieving 100 SCC in the first 100 days
As we are now into the thick of autumn calving, it’s important to be considerate of keeping your somatic cell...
Dairy
Dairy Focus: Cork man manages 1,500-cow farm in England
This week’s Dairy Focus takes us to a farm where Breffni Daly, a young man from west Cork, has been...
Dairy
New feasibility study predicts calving time using heart rate data
A new feasibility study published in the science journal, Nature, predicts cow calving time 40 plus hours in advance of...
Dairy
Should you be milk pregnancy testing or scanning your cows?
There is no doubt that milk pregnancy testing has grown in popularity on dairy farms across the country over the...
Dairy
Dairy Focus: Calving underway on 1,000-cow New Zealand farm
New Zealand dairy farmer Frank Newman is enjoying the start of the calving season, as 244 cows have calved from...
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Transform your calf rearing with a JFC automatic feeder
We recently caught up with Richard Lowe who is a dairy farmer from Adare, Co. Limerick, who shares how the...
Dairy News
Almost 450,000 calves genotyped so far this year - ICBF
The Irish Cattle Breeders Federation (ICBF) has said that 448,123 calves have been genotyped to date under the National Genotyping...
Sheep
Watch: 'Difficult to continue' with lack of sleep during lambing
Like many other farmers at the moment, farmers Pat and Catherine Murray from Gorey, Co. Wexford are experiencing late nights...
Veterinary
Vets report increase in calf birth defects in first two months of 2024
XLVets Ireland has said there was an 80% increase in reports of calf birth defects in the first two months...
Rural Life
Priest urges Kerry farmer to keep surprise triplet bull calves
A dairy farmer in Co. Kerry has told Agriland how his uncle, who is a priest, has encouraged him to...
Beef
Vet warns 'no guarantee' of late feeding reducing night calvings
A Teagasc vet has said that there is no guarantee that the number of cows calving at night will reduce...
Dairy Technical
The importance of monitoring body condition of cows post calving
After calving, cows should be closely monitored to ensure that excess body condition is not lost. Although a level of...
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Farmer Wellbeing Board offers support to those in need
“A picture paints a thousand words” – this well-known phrase perfectly captures the essence of the Farmer Wellbeing Board, designed...
N.Ireland
BVD positives at lowest rate in Northern Ireland
New statistics from the Animal Health and Welfare Northern Ireland (AHWNI) have shown that Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) is at...
Beef
DAFM urges investigation of birth deformities in calves and lambs
The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) is urging the investigation of any birth deformities seen in calves...
Dairy Technical
Nitrates derogation: Question all stock on your farm
Around 3,000 farmers are facing into reducing organic nitrogen stocking rates to be compliant with the changes in the maximum...
Farm Safety
HSA launches inspection campaign ahead of calving season
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) will begin a two-week farm inspection campaign next Monday (January 22) focused on the...