Dairy
The partnership between Tony McCormack and Christopher Cahill began in January 2022 and after a few tough years, maturing cows and weather...
The Byrne family from Coolnasmear, Co. Waterford have been gradually improving farm infrastructure while producing quality milk with...
Freshly calved autumn calving cows have a requirement for high levels of energy, protein and minerals in the diet, and it is important that...
We've now entered into the autumn months which means there has to be a balance struck between driving milk performance and building...
Agri-Business
Milk production in the European Union is expected to "stagnate" with fewer dairy cows and slower yield growth in the next decade.
As milking cows becomes the main job during the mid-season, farmers should review their milking start time and ensure that they are...
Milk production in the European Union (EU) is "increasingly shaped by regulatory decision", especially the Water Quality Directive
Henry and Enda Walsh are farming in partnership in Oranmore, Co. Galway where their "efficient" Jersey- Friesian cross, high fertility herd..
Spring milk volumes increased strongly in the last two weeks as rising temperatures led to a surge in grass growth, according to a new survey.
Dairy farmers worldwide, including in Ireland, are experiencing the "pressure of rising milk production costs," according Rabobank.
Environment
FFA spokesperson William Taylor, has said that food security should be a priority not using IVF to produce low methane-emitting cows.
A new EPA report suggests agriculture recorded one of the "largest sectoral decreases in emissions" by the the end of quarter two, 2024
Milk production in the European Union is set to reach a "turning point" in the medium term, according to a new report from the EU Commission.
Chinese dairy imports could improve by "2% year on year" in 2025, according to latest research from Rabobank.
Milk production in the EU is forecast to grow by 0.5% year on year in 2025 according to a new report from Rabobank.
Prices in the European dairy market remain high as the holiday season approaches and DCA Market Intelligence reports that its cream price...
Jonathan Williams is milking a herd of Montbeliarde cows in Barnadown, Co. Wexford where a two robot system is proving worth while for...
Dairy farming can be hard going, and many farmers get hung up on the milking interval as traditionally the 10 to 12 hour split used to be...
Dairy News
Dairygold has launched its Milk Supplier Census 2025–2030 to capture the milk production...
In the North of Ireland, traditionally, a lot of the herds would be high yielding Holsteins being milked on a total mixed ration (TMR), fully
Once-a-day milking can be used long-term as the overall farming system, or it can be used tactically as short-term response to adverse...
The number of liquid milk producers in the country has fallen by 37% or 688 farmers in the past decade, according to the National Milk Agency.
It is no secret that there has been a substantial structural changes on Irish dairy farms in the last number of years and this was...
