Dairy
End of brucellosis testing will save farmers €15m a year
The end to brucellosis testing will save farmers €15m a year, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney. Ireland...
Dairy
The end to brucellosis testing will save farmers €15m a year, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney. Ireland...
Agri-Business
Dunbia has been awarded Platinum status in the Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey by Business in the Community (BITC). The...
Dairy
It is vitally important that dairy cows are kept in the correct body condition score (BCS) at calving, according to...
Machinery
Tractor and machinery safety features heavily in the entries for this year’s BT Young Scientist Exhibition, which takes place on...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture has seen its expenditure on disease eradication fall significantly this year. Total expenditure on disease eradication...
Opinion
This year, 2016, is such a significant year for us all in Ireland. It is the 100th anniversary of the...
Dairy
At the most recent meeting, the EU Milk Market Observatory (MMO) highlighted the current high EU Skimmed Milk Powder (SMP)...
Beef
Colostrum is the first milk a cow produces after calving and it is rich in antibodies to help fight infection...
Agri-Business
Thousands of farmers are still waiting on payments under the aegis of the Department of Agriculture. Many applicants to the...
Dairy
Milk price volatility has become a feature of Irish dairy farming over the past decade, according to the organisers of...
Rural Life
It could be March before the European Commission sign off on allowing sheep fencing to receive grant aid under the...
Sheep
The busiest period on Irish sheep farms is just around the corner, and according to the AHDB’s Reducing lamb losses for Better...
Agri-Business
The Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney recently gave an outlined the markets that have opened or reopened to Irish agri-food...
Environment
While there’ll be a frosty start to 2016, Met Eireann has said that there’s more rain on the way. Cloud...
Dairy
The majority of dairy farms who made the switch to once-a-day milking in recent years are very happy with this...
Opinion
If there is one thing every farmer should do for 2016 is promise themselves and their families that they will...
Agri-Business
Munster IFA has called for a President of the association to be elected as soon as possible. The meeting was...
Beef
During the winter housing period, maintaining thrive in weanlings and store cattle is vital. These animals are the future of your...