Dairy
'A profitable dairy farmer can still struggle with cash flow'
Dairy farmers can generate a profit but, despite this profitability, can still struggle with cash flow, according to Teagasc’s Patrick...
Dairy
Dairy farmers can generate a profit but, despite this profitability, can still struggle with cash flow, according to Teagasc’s Patrick...
Dairy
The aim of the system is to keep it as simple as possible, pushing yields is not important but production...
Dairy
The new demonstration dairy herd at UCD’s Lyons Estate will look at expansion when it is not possible to extend the...
Dairy
The use of Automatic Milking System (AMS) has allowed the cows to perform to their genetic potential, according to a...
Dairy
The dairy farm at UCD’s Lyons Estate has undergone major changes, in recent years there has been approximately €2m spent...
Dairy
The health of a herd will be challenged during expansion which can either make or break the farm. Smooth expansion...
Dairy
Ireland’s best dairy farmers have very little room to make cutbacks during a difficult milk price year, according to Michael Brady...
Dairy
There are four key points expanding dairy farmers should consider, according to Patrick Gowing of the Teagasc Dairy Expansion Service....
Dairy
Dairy farmers are facing real problems next spring according to Shane Fitzgerald, a dairy farmer from Co. Cork. Speaking at...
Dairy
Dairy farmers with plans to expand cow numbers should spend as much money as possible on grass, according to Donal...
Dairy
The average dairy herd will grow by approximately 33 cows and, according to Teagasc Dairy Specialist Pat Clarke, this will...
Dairy
There are four key things to getting dairy herd fertility right, according to Meath-based vet Frank O’Sullivan. These are nutrition,...
Dairy
The use of vaccinations has become a cheap insurance policy, protecting the herd from the loss in production associated with...
Dairy
Poor animal health will wreck all the planning which has gone before it, Co. Meath-based veterinary surgeon Frank O’Sullivan told...
Dairy
A Co. Meath dairy farmer will increase cow numbers from 130 to 450 within the next three years and held...
Dairy
Dairy farmers are in for a rough ride for the next couple of years, according to Cork farmer John Landers....
Opinion
As the dairy industry faces into life post quota, and with milk prices in free fall, it is a worrying time...
Dairy
There were approximately 6,500 farmers over quota in the last quota year, according to latest Department estimates. Just under 3,700...