Dairy
Slurry powered milk trucks; is this the future?
Farmers in Sweden are contributing to a fossil fuel free future through turning their farms’ slurry into biogas – which is...
Dairy
Farmers in Sweden are contributing to a fossil fuel free future through turning their farms’ slurry into biogas – which is...
Beef
Live cattle exports are vital to both the Irish beef and dairy industries; moving cattle out of the country provides...
Dairy
In less than two weeks’ time, Teagasc Moorepark will open its gates to all farmers for this year’s National Dairy...
Dairy
There are 17,000 dairy farmers in Ireland today. Meanwhile, there is a considerable gap between the top performers and other...
Dairy
There is a considerable difference between the top performers in dairying and other farmers in the sector. Meanwhile, the average...
Featured
Converting to milk production involves a major commitment and sizeable capital outlay. Therefore, you need to be sure you are...
Dairy
Achieving excellent bacterial counts in milk and the ban of chlorine products when cleaning were some of the topics of...
Dairy
Across the country, the number of herds milk recording has been steadily increasing year-on-year. To date, a total of 707,297...
Beef
In recent years, more and more baled silage has been made and this year is no different. Favorable weather conditions...
Dairy
Dairy farmers are finding it increasingly difficult to find and hold onto farm labour for their dairy farm. The demand...
Featured
The use of injectable versus pour-on worm treatments is a subject for much debate on Irish dairy farms. With many...
Beef
There could be “some light on the horizon” for beef farmers in Ireland if consumers in China switch from a...
Dairy
According to the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF), over 1.26 million calves have been registered on dairy farms up to...
Beef
What a difference a year makes. This time last year farmers were facing into a major fodder crisis due to...
Beef
Many farmers took advantage of the good spell of weather over recent weeks to save first-cut silage. While rain over...
Dairy
In 2015, quotas were abolished and the expansion period began in Ireland for dairy. Since then, milk production has increased...
Dairy
A total of 1.7 million dairy and beef calves have been registered so far this year, figures from the Irish...
Dairy
The good spring and the recent spell of good weather has resulted in an exceptional start to the 2019 breeding...