Dairy
Why is colostrum so important for the newborn calf?
Colostrum, also known as beestings, is the first and most important line of defence for a newborn calf. It’s crucial...
Dairy
Colostrum, also known as beestings, is the first and most important line of defence for a newborn calf. It’s crucial...
Dairy
Farming in west Co. Cork, six miles outside Clonakilty, Declan and Louise White and their four children (aged 11-17) milk...
Dairy
Calving is one of the busiest times of the year on Irish farms and can be stressful for dairy farmers....
Dairy
There is mounting interest in once-a-day milking (OAD); this was quite evident from the large turnout to an event organised...
Dairy
Farming in Tulsk, Co. Roscommon, the Payne family decided to convert from beef and sheep farming to dairying in 2011....
Beef
The Gene Ireland Dairy Beef Programme selects suitable bulls for progeny testing on dairy cows. Ciaran Costello – from the...
Dairy
In the coming weeks, dairy farmers will enter into a peak-pressure period – which will only intensify with a move...
Dairy
Breeding and grass are the pieces of the jigsaw for a successful, highly-profitable dairy farm, according to dairy farmer Denis...
Dairy
A growing number of farmers are giving serious consideration to once-a-day (OAD) milking; that was the general consensus at today’s...
Featured
Dairy farming in Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan, Gavin Courtney milks a herd of 60 predominately British Friesian cows under a spring...
Beef
The number of calves registered to beef cows – suckler calf registrations in other words – has continued to fall,...
Dairy
With the expanding dairy herd, the labour associated with calving a large number of cows over a short period of...
Dairy
Speaking at the Irish Grassland Association’s (IGA) Dairy Conference on January 9 in Co. Cork, John Roche from Down to...
Beef
Silage is the number one feed on the majority of farms over the winter period. Farmers feeding silage need to...
Dairy
Situated near the River Shannon, Salesian Agricultural College at Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick, occupies 500ac and offers a wide range of practical...
Dairy
The expansion of the national dairy herd has paved the way for dairy farmers to increase their margins in recent...
Beef
As the saying goes, ‘you can’t manage what you don’t measure’. Many farmers are reaping the benefits of weighing their...
Grass
The prohibited period for applying chemical and organic fertilisers – nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (N, P and K) – is...