Beef
Sustainable grassland production to the fore at Johnstown Castle open day
Staff at Teagasc Johnstown Castle are preparing for a major event later this month, as the grounds of the historic...
Beef
Staff at Teagasc Johnstown Castle are preparing for a major event later this month, as the grounds of the historic...
Dairy
Imagine being able to go into your local town and fill some fresh cow’s milk directly from a vending machine...
Beef
There was more movement on the live export front this week. A boatload (2,400) of Friesian and continental bulls was...
Dairy
The annual Emerald Expo, held by the Irish Holstein Friesian Association (IHFA) on Saturday (April 27), saw the Dublin-based Baldonnel...
Dairy
Figures for June 2018 – released by the Central Statistic Office (CSO) – reveal that dairy cow numbers increased by...
Beef
While calf exports in 2019 got off to a somewhat ‘shaky’ start, the number of dairy calves exported live out...
Dairy
“In the past, farmers were more interested in the milk yield of their cows than the fertility of their herd,...
Dairy
As the breeding season begins, it is time to sit up and take notice of the cows currently milking in...
Beef
The number of suckler-bred calves born so far this year has fallen by 34,821 head when compared to the same...
Dairy
Yesterday, April 26, at a breeding event held by MSD Animal Health in Moorepark, Dr. Stuart Childs – a dairy...
Dairy
The official opening of the dairy cattle show – Emerald Expo – will be performed by Mairead McGuinness, First Vice...
Beef
Teagasc and Dawn Meats are set to embark on a new initiative to determine whether beef bulls that have not...
Featured
Milk cooling is one of the highest energy uses on a dairy farm and can account for up to 40%...
Dairy
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has cited the re-profiling of butter to “a healthy product” as one of...
Agri-Business
Danone’s first quarter results show a slight growth in sales despite decreased infant milk formula sales in China and the...
Dairy
Poor conception rates in replacement heifers are often due to heifers being underweight by the start of the breeding season....
Dairy
The Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB) in the US, has announced that it will now be able to genotype...
Dairy
The calving pattern on farms is what sets the top-performing herds apart from the lower-performing herds, in terms of maximising...