Dairy
Up to 50% of dairy cows calved in parts of Cork
Dairy farmers in the Mallow area of Co. Cork are confirming that between 25% and 50% of their cows are...
Dairy
Dairy farmers in the Mallow area of Co. Cork are confirming that between 25% and 50% of their cows are...
Rural Life
This week’s episode of Ear to the Ground will meet one of the many farmers in the country busy with...
Beef
Cow attacks greatly outnumber bull attacks in terms of fatalities, according to Teagasc’s National Health and Safety Specialist, John McNamara. Cow...
Rural Life
A group of cyclists in Spain stopped in the middle of their journey to help some farmers with a cow who...
Tillage
Straw prices have increased recently, just as the calving season begins to get underway, with prices now averaging €25/bale. This...
Dairy
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) is asking farmers to report calves born with genetic defects in order to identify...
Dairy
One farmer arrived out to his shed yesterday evening to the surprise of triplet Holstein Friesian calves, two bulls and...
Dairy
The prospect of a better milk price in 2017 will not encourage dairy farmers in west Limerick to further expand...
Dairy
The Wicklow Calf Company is one of Ireland’s largest calf farms, and in 2009 it erected a new shed capable...
Beef
The number of beef births occurring on Irish farms this year has lagged considerably on 2015, figures from the ICBF...
Beef
Increased dairy cow numbers have driven an increase in the number of calf births this year, new figures show. According...
Dairy
The phases of the moon have an affect on the time dairy cows give birth, according to a study by...
Beef
With 20% of Irish suckler farms calving in autumn, these farmers should be preparing for new calves to arrive from...
Beef
Now that we are in the middle of the spring calving season in both dairy and suckler farms, one of...
Rural Life
Every Rural GAA manager has at one stage in their managerial career received a text from one of the players...
Rural Life
Michael Healy-Rae has come out and said that he has “been through the wars” but he’s alright after a cow...
Dairy
When it comes to calving time, the risk of Johne’s Disease infecting calves is higher than at other times of...
Rural Life
Michael Healy-Rae, the Independent TD for Kerry South, was injured in a “small farm accident” at home in Kerry yesterday,...