Opinion
Why can’t the beef sector consider fixed-price supply contracts?
The last two years have seen the milk sector monopolise the issue of volatility and the need to come up...
Opinion
The last two years have seen the milk sector monopolise the issue of volatility and the need to come up...
Dairy
Dairy farming in Co. Meath, Mark Cassidy is using the downtime between drying off and calving to prepare for next...
Opinion
DAIRY-UK’s man in Northern Ireland Dr. Mike Johnston is predicting that insurance-based systems will form part of the support mix...
Dairy
This year’s Irish Grassland Association (IGA) Dairy Conference – sponsored by Yara – will address the twin themes of managing...
Dairy
Milk production in the 23 major states in US was up by 1.1% in November, compared to the same month...
Dairy
A series of 10 ‘CalfCare’ events are scheduled for January, as an estimated 1.3 million calves are set to be...
Featured
Farming in Co. Derry, John Killen milks a herd of 200 high-yielding, crossbred cows under an autumn-calving system. As calving...
Opinion
It hasn’t gone unnoticed that the EU Commission is striving to offload its intervention milk powder stocks onto commercial markets...
CAP / Schemes
Calls have been made yet again for the suite of Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes (TAMS II) to include grant-aid support for...
Featured
Eugene Fitzpatrick farms over 75ha of land in Lisryan outside Granard, Co. Longford, and supplies milk to Lakeland Dairies. Eugene...
Opinion
This month sees outgoing Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) president, John Comer, move on to the next phase of...
Opinion
Did you hear the one about the poor Kerry dairy farmer looking for a ’13th milk payment’ top-up from his...
Dairy
Farming in Knockvale, Lyre, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, Tom and Alan Buttimer – a father-and-son team – run a very successful...
Dairy
Butter production was up by over 11% year-on-year on Irish dairy farms in October, after recording a decrease in the...
Opinion
Why do so many Irish dairy farmers have a problem with autumn-calving? According to the most recent figures published by...
Buildings
Farming in Gortnahoe, Co. Tipperary, Tom and John Ryan – a father-and-son team – are relatively new to the dairy...
Dairy
Joe and Kathleen Kirwan – a husband-and-wife team – from Laurel Lodge, Co. Tipperary, have overseen major changes to their...
Dairy
The downward trend has continued at today’s Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction, as the price index fell by a total...