Dairy
'There is no shortage of drystock farmers looking to contract rear heifers'
Through the contract rearing of dairy replacement heifers, beef farmers can increase stocking rate without the need for investment in...
Dairy
Through the contract rearing of dairy replacement heifers, beef farmers can increase stocking rate without the need for investment in...
Dairy
Coccidiosis occurs in calves from the approximate age of three weeks onwards. It arises in young calves who have an...
Dairy
Farmers are coming under increasing pressure to maintain and improve air and water quality.So, it is important that they are...
Dairy
All good things must come to an end. As the weather deteriorates, the contemplation begins on whether or not farmers...
Dairy
The easiest way to prevent clinical or sub-clinical mastitis cases is through good milking practices. During the busy calving season,...
Dairy
Prevention is always better than cure; but, for this dairy farmer prevention is the only cure. AgriLand took a trip...
Dairy
“With the pressures from water quality and nitrates mounting, more farmers are going to be growing clover in the future.”...
Dairy
“Many dairy farmers are eroding their profits for the pleasure of producing extra milk; ego farming is what I like...
Dairy
Rapid body condition score (BCS) loss post-calving can cause health implications or failure to go back in-calf in the future....
Dairy
Jim Woulfe, the CEO of Dairygold, has warned that the costs of post-Brexit tariffs on cheddar will be on the...
Dairy
This year’s calves will be your future milk producers of your herd; so it is paramount that they get the...
Dairy
Milk recording results could be used to predict methane emissions and dry cow tube requirements in the coming years, through...
Dairy
Dairy calving’s are behind by over 13,000 births compared to this week last year, figures from the Irish Cattle Breeding...
Agri Politics
A row that escalated after the re-election of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) dairy chairman in Co. Waterford has now...
Dairy
With calving commenced on many farms in recent weeks, the importance of correctly feeding the newborn calf cannot be underestimated....
Dairy
With each day that passes, the calving season on dairy farms gets busier and busier. Many farmers may find feeding milk...
Dairy
Many parts of the country are currently experiencing cold and freezing temperatures. Therefore, extra precautions should be put in place...
Beef
The expansion in the dairy industry has resulted in more bull calves from the dairy herd coming on stream for...