Dairy Farming

Dairy

New Nitrates livestock rules coming in to place in 2025

Darren Carty

The rules apply to all farmers and include changes to slurry spreading regulations, chemical fertiliser restrictions and lower crude protein levels in concentrates fed during the grazing season.

New Nitrates livestock rules coming in to place in 2025

Dairy

Milk supply to recover in 2025 – Tirlán

Agribusiness

Kerry Co-op selects its Kerry Dairy Ireland directors

Dairy

Tirlán unveils revamped feed bonuses for 2025

Dairy

Bird flu state of emergency declared in California

VIDEOS

MANAGEMENT

Aidan Brennan

Where to pitch costs and profit for 2025

The whole subject of costs of production was discussed at both Dairy Day and the Teagasc dairy conference in November, writes Aidan Brennan.

Aidan Brennan

Dairy management: New Year's resolutions for dairy farmers

Aidan Brennan looks at soil sampling, cow body condition score and suggests some New Year's resolutions for dairy farmers.

MARKETS

Aidan Brennan

Dairy Trends: butter the star performer in year of two halves

Aidan Brennan looks back at dairy commodity prices over the last year and says that the performance of butter has been noteworthy.

Aidan Brennan

Dairy Trends: GDT drops by 2.8% at last auction of 2024

The latest Global Dairy Trade auction recorded a drop of 2.8%, with powders falling by the largest amount, writes Aidan Brennan.

GRASS & FEEDING

Aidan Brennan

What are the lessons from clover in 2024?

Aidan Brennan reports from the Teagasc national dairy conference where the topic of clover performance in 2024 was discussed at the workshops.

Martin Merrick

Tthe Grass Week: time for closing covers and soil samples

With grazing finished, recording closing covers and soil sampling paddocks are some of the last tasks to be completed on the grazing block this year.

BREEDING & HEALTH

Aidan Brennan

Cork farmers preparing for springtime

Getting ready for spring is one of the themes at next January’s Irish Grassland Association dairy conference. For Cork farmers Maeve O’Keeffe and Jack Kearney, each spring brings different challenges.

Contributor

New developments in animal health

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

FARM PROGRAMMES

Martin Merrick

Watch: sowing multispecies swards in Laois

Earlier this year, Footprint Farmer Andrew Mulhare trialled multispecies swards on his Laois drystock farm for the first time.

Brendan Dunford

Footprints from Irish Farmers' Journeys

Brendan Dunford reflects on the great privilege of interviewing two dozen farmers across 20 counties, north and south, as part of this series of Irish Farmers Journeys.

Adam Woods

Food for thought on fodder on Tullamore Farm

Shaun Diver has a round-up of what’s been happening on Tullamore Farm this week.

Adam Woods

Attention turns to grazing rape crop on Tullamore farm

Shaun Diver takes a look at what has been happening on Tullamore Farm this week.

SPONSORED

CalfCare ’25 roadshow to promote calf health and good calf rearing practices

Seventeen farms nationwide will host CalfCare ’25, a collaborative roadshow by Animal Health Ireland (AHI) and Teagasc’s DairyBeef 500 campaign, promoting calf health and good calf-rearing practices.

SPONSORED

Healthy hens, longer lay with MSD

With around eight million laying hens in the whole of Ireland, egg production is a growing sector

SPONSORED

All-new Toyota Land Cruiser: a trusted ally for Irish farmers

The Toyota Land Cruiser has long been a staple in the Irish farming community, renowned for its rugged reliability and exceptional capability in challenging terrains.

SPONSORED

New 'high-skim' Flourish Calf from Volac

New Flourish Calf is an innovative 23% all-dairy protein, 19% fat formulation with a high skim content (50%). It is also enhanced with a proven package of calf health ingredients.

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