Dairy
Cork dairy farmer launches natural live yogurt in Lidl
Dairy farmer, Jonathan Owens produces a natural live yogurt by the name of ‘Greenfield Yogurts’ and his product is set...
Robotic Milking
Buildings
Buildings Focus: From beef to dairy with £1m investment
By Chris McCullough When converting beef housing to a brand new dairy unit, Robert Patton carried out a lot of...
Sponsored
Minimise your tax bills with solar PV
With the year end fast approaching, now is the time to be planning on what can be done to minimise...
Dairy
Dairy focus: The 'dual purpose' Montbeliarde cow proves its worth
Michael Guinan farms in partnership with his son Kevin and wife Concepta in Ballingcloghan, Co. Offaly where their Montbeliarde herd...
Dairy
Dairy focus: Father and son deem partnership 'very successful'
The second stop of the Irish Grassland Association (IGA) summer tour took us to the farm of father and son,...
Beef
Focus: From beef and sheep to dairy and hens in Antrim
The owners of an upland farm in Co. Antrim have purchased additional land and invested significantly in diversification and automation...
N.Ireland
Driving efficiency and sustainability with robotic milking
Securing optimal levels of carbon reduction within a robotic milking enterprise was the focus of a recent farm walk. The...
Machinery
Machinery: Plough Operator of the Year visits Lemken factory
The role of the plough is under scrutiny as never before, with alternative cultivation methods being heavily promoted, and some...
Dairy Technical
Making dairy farms an easier place to work
The growth in herd size has seen the need for many farms to hire staff, to ensure that their farms...
Sponsored
Watch: Calor provides instant hot water solution for Kilkenny dairy farmer
Access to hot water is crucial to Irish dairy farms. All farms require a reliable and consistent method of heating...
Dairy Focus
Dairy Throwback: Robotic milking complementing tillage operation
Over the course of the festive period, Agriland has decided to revisit some of the most popular and interesting Dairy Focus articles...
Dairy Focus
Dairy Focus: Labour issues lead brothers to switch to Lely robots
For this week’s Dairy Focus, Agriland attend Ireland’s largest robotic grazing farm, which is based on Co. Meath and run by...
Dairy News
Lely event highlights herd health and reliability
A Lely Atlantic hybrid event has highlighted the importance of herd health and reliability. The event was specifically aimed at...
Agri-Business
New Lely base confirmed for Kilkenny to serve southeast
Agricultural technology business Lely Mullingar is setting up a further base of operations in Ireland to serve customers in the...
Video
Robotic milking gives Kilkenny farmer ‘relaxed life’
This video was created as part of a sponsored article that appeared on Agriland.ie. Read the article here. Co. Kilkenny...
Buildings
The initial stages of what a move to robotic milking looks like
On day one of the 2022 National Ploughing Championships, Agriland got a feel for what the initial stages of making...
Sponsored
Renowned sheep farming pair trust Tribamec Duo
Tribamec Duo combines Chanelle Pharma’s established products: Animec Oral solution for sheep and Tribex 5% oral suspension for sheep. The...
Video
Robotic milking open day on the farm of Seamus and James Bourke in Co. Cork
Recently, DeLaval held an open day on robotic milking on the farm of Seamus and James Bourke in Co. Cork.
N.Ireland
40 new dairy entrants in Northern Ireland in 2021
Approximately 40 new farming entrants started up within Northern Ireland’s dairy sector during 2021 and this growth looks set to...
Opinion
Opinion: Automation is the future - we should be milking it
Courtesy of a presentation to the recent Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU): College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) sustainable...
Rural Life
'Pure skincare fresh from the farm' in expansion mode
‘Pure skincare fresh from the farm’ is the tagline of a rural enterprise on the Wexford/Wicklow border, that enjoyed a...