Dairy Farming

Dairy

Higher value dairy exports will move ‘closer to home’ - Ornua

James Hanly

Ciaran Aylward, economist at Ornua, was speaking at the Global Dairy Outlook panel at the Irish Farmers Journal Dairy Day in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Dairy

My Farming Week: Glenn Forde, Ballinadee, Co Cork

Dairy

Lakeland Dairies urges election candidates to back dairy

Dairy

Dairy prices continue to rise at Global Dairy Trade

Dairy

Bord Bia awarded €3.2m for European dairy campaign

VIDEOS

MANAGEMENT

Aidan Brennan

Dairy Management: teat sealing heifers and drying off cows

Aidan Brennan says that it is better to teat seal heifers when they are still at grass, if possible.

Aidan Brennan

Dairy Management: cold weather won’t affect Dairy Day

A colder front moving in from the north is the first noticeable sign of winter, writes Aidan Brennan.

MARKETS

Aidan Brennan

Dairy Trends: GDT up 1.9% and butter breaks records

The price of butter has broken the previous record set just two months ago, writes Aidan Brennan.

Tommy Moyles

Camera at the Mart: positive dairy signals boost for Listowel Mart dairy sale

The prevailing mood is rising in dairy markets and with the good weather in autumn that allowed farmers replenish fodder stocks, these all had an impact on the dairy sale in the north Kerry mart.

GRASS & FEEDING

Martin Merrick

The Grass Week: to graze or not to graze

Many farmers find themselves in the situation where they are not sure if they should continue grazing beyond the closing target cover or house now.

Contributor

Last rotation coming closer to an end

The first week of the month has past, signalling the near end of grazing for 2024, writes Thomas Condon.

BREEDING & HEALTH

Contributor

New developments in animal health

Thomas Condon takes a look at some of the new technologies and healthcare products available to dairy farmers.

Adam Woods

Aiming for high health this winter

Adam Woods previews what’s inside this week’s special indoor health management focus.

FARM PROGRAMMES

Adam Woods

Tullamore bulls - decision time: finish or sell weanlings?

Adam Woods takes a look at the 2024 born bull weanlings on Tullamore farm as the farm decide whether to finish or sell on

Kelsey Daly

Sowing cover crops in Co Louth

Gareth Culligan’s goal is to enhance soil structure and health through the use of cover crops, while also providing food for pollinators throughout the winter, writes Kelsey Daly.

Contributor

Tullamore Farm: sheep mating progresses as suckler herd weaning completed

Farm manager Shaun Diver gives an update on what’s happening on Tullamore farm, as breeding progresses well in the ewe flock while the last of the beef calves have been weaned.

Brendan Dunford

Producing nutrient-dense food in west Cork

Steve Collins’ lifelong dedication to fighting malnutrition has taken him all over the world and lives on through his current ‘passion project’– a small hill farm in west Cork, writes Brendan Dunford.

SPONSORED

Selective dry cow therapy at Lisduff Holsteins

John O’Sullivan milks approximately 400 pedigree Holstein Friesian cows in Whitechurch, Co Cork. He farms alongside his father John Snr, his brother Victor and farm manager Dave McGrath.

SPONSORED

Bennettsbridge Limestone’s Cubicle Lime: boosting cow comfort and milk yield

Bennettsbridge Limestone’s Cubicle Lime is a unique disinfectant-style product which has been formulated using a blend of superfine limestone powder and hydrated lime.

SPONSORED

Protect your calves: a new approach to cryptosporidiosis control

Neonatal calf diarrhoea or calf scour is consistently the number one cause of death in calves less than one month of age in Ireland.

SPONSORED

Turning waste into opportunity: how anaerobic digestion benefits Irish farmers

Agriculture has always been at the heart of rural Ireland, providing food, livelihoods and community cohesion.

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