Dairy Technical
CMT: A Quick and effective way of controlling SCC
The California Mastitis Test (CMT) kit is a simple and quick way of identifying high somatic cell counts (SCC) cows...
Dairy Technical
The California Mastitis Test (CMT) kit is a simple and quick way of identifying high somatic cell counts (SCC) cows...
Dairy Technical
An increase in somatic cell count (SCC) should not be ignored at this point in the season, as it will...
Dairy Technical
June is a busy month on farms – with the breeding season under-way and most farmers planning on finishing their...
Dairy
The spring-calving season is well underway on dairy farms across the country and although the management of the new-born calf...
Dairy
Mastitis is the most economically challenging disease on a dairy farm, with freshly-calved cows and heifers the most susceptible to...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s poor milk composition is costing farmers poor milk prices, according to Agri Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) researcher...
Dairy
Calving is in full swing on spring-calving dairy farms across the country and although the management of the newborn calf...
Dairy
Most Irish co-ops pay for milk on an A plus B minus C basis, where A is the price paid...
Dairy
Achieving excellent bacterial counts in milk and the ban of chlorine products when cleaning were some of the topics of...
Dairy
The Irish Milk Quality Co-operative Society (IMQCS) has taken on a new name, as well has a “remit in the...
Dairy
Kerry Group has put measures in place to tighten up on quality from milk suppliers regarding bulk tank storage facilities....
Dairy
Farming in Ballylomasna, Co. Tipperary, the Walsh family stands out from the crowd when it comes to milk quality. Milking...
Dairy
A dairy farmer in Co. Cork has continued a family tradition by winning Dairygold’s overall Milk Quality Award for 2017....
Grass
As dairy farmers, we are great at knowing our targets: 90% submission rate within 21 days of breeding start date;...
Dairy
A total of 14 finalists have been shortlisted for the NDC (National Dairy Council) and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards 2017,...
Dairy
The Irish dairy industry has lost markets in the EU due to the excessive levels of iodine in our milk,...
Dairy
Tom and Moya Power were crowned the overall winners of the National Dairy Council/Kerrygold National Milk Quality Award last October....
Dairy
The 2015 winners of the National Dairy Council (NDC) and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards, will be hosting a Teagasc organised...