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Dairy
Winter milking seems to be on the rise again, with over 8% of Irish dairy farmers currently in the...
The first step to a successful winter milk herd is ensuring that mineral and feed are at optimum...
Dairy Focus
The Eivers family of Roristown Farm in Trim, Co. Meath are increasing their winter milk margins...
Testing silage is key to forming a well-formulated, energy rich diet to drive milk production for...
It is still early days for autumn calving and some farmers may have started calving down cows...
It is easy to get carried away feeding concentrates for your winter milk herd, however the diet...
Controlling your somatic cell count (SCC) is not always easy during the early lactation of your...
Your winter milk herd would have started to calve down from the start of October, and now that we...
We are now into the thick of autumn calving for the winter milk herds and as we progress further...
Testing silage now is crucial, as many cows around the country are going to be milking through the...
Winter milk production is already an expensive way of producing milk, which means it is crucial...
Maintaining field edges is often overlooked, yet these boundaries significantly impact machinery...
Securing optimal levels of winter milk performance in autumn calving cows requires a number of key...
As we get closer to the start of the autumn calving season, it is important to have a think about...
Dairy Technical
Autumn-calving herds will be starting the breeding of cows in just a few weeks, so it is important...
For herds that are calving cows in autumn, some thought now needs to be placed on the breeding of...
Monitoring of body condition score (BCS) in winter milk cows is important at this stage of...
Dairy News
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has said that an additional premium is needed for liquid milk...
The Teagasc national winter milk open day will take place at Teagasc Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford,...
At the recent winter milk events held by Teagasc it was said that the cost of feeding a winter milk...
Breeding in most autumn-calving dairy herds will begin in early January and before this takes...
The cost of producing winter milk this year is set to increase significantly, according to Teagasc...
This year’s Teagasc National Winter Milk Week will take place from Monday, November 21 to Friday,...
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has claimed that there will likely be an exodus of suppliers...