Dairy
Grass growth: Time starting to run out to build grass as growth rates dip slightly
Grass growth rates are slowly starting to decline on farms across the country as we head further into autumn. Although...
Dairy
Grass growth rates are slowly starting to decline on farms across the country as we head further into autumn. Although...
Dairy
The last few weeks, with the poor weather conditions, farmers have been forced to pick and choose paddocks to graze...
Beef
An Irish exporting company has secured a new contract for the North African market. Arklow-based company – Wicklow Calf Company...
Dairy
Grass continues to grow well across the country, despite some areas receiving a large amount of rainfall over the last...
Dairy
The poor weather over the last few days has possibly meant a few jobs have been put on the long...
Dairy
A report has found that “volatile milk prices and increasing costs” have left some Irish dairy farmers feeling as though...
Dairy
Mark Roach, the managing director of Grosvenor Farms near Chester in England, has said that the UK dairy sector could...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued a temporary ban on live exports to or through European...
Dairy
The mixture of sunshine and rain continues to see grass growth excel on many farms. This in turn, has seen...
Dairy
Achieving target weights is important for heifers; those that fail to reach target before calving will produce less milk in...
Dairy
Late-calving cows or stragglers as they are often known as can be commonly found in dairy herds and, in some...
Beef
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has released data analysing the AI inseminations in the dairy herd for the 2020...
Dairy
Grass growth rates have exceeded demand on farms right across the country over the last few weeks; however, this has...
Dairy
When was the last time you changed the milk liners in your parlour? If it has been more than six...
Beef
Calls have been made for the need to integrate the dairy and beef sectors and for the new Minister for...
Dairy
The ban on the blanket use of antibiotics at dry-off is set to come into effect at the start of...
Dairy
Over the last number of years, a study looking at the differences being once-a-day (OAD) milking and twice-a-day (TAD) milking...
Dairy
Suppliers of fresh milk to the Irish retail trade “appear to have resumed aggressive undercutting practices to secure a slightly...