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Cork farmers preparing for springtime
Aidan Brennan
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.
Cork farmers preparing for springtime
New developments in animal health
20 November 2024 Breeding & health
New developments in animal health
Thomas Condon takes a look at some of the new technologies and healthcare products available to dairy farmers.
Aiming for high health this winter
23 October 2024 Breeding & health
Aiming for high health this winter
Adam Woods previews what’s inside this week’s special indoor health management focus.
High milk prices to boost winter milk herds
High milk prices are a boost to winter milk producers but challenges remain, writes Aidan Brennan.
16 October 2024 Liquid Milk
Top-class performance in the Kingdom
The McCarthy family are achieving excellent performance while protecting and enhancing the farm's environmental credentials
28 September 2024 Milk quality
Farming on the banks of the Blackwater in north Cork
North Cork Co-Op suppliers Denis and Brian O'Connell have adapted their farming techniques to protect water quality.
28 September 2024 Milk quality
Excellence on show in the rolling hills of Eyrecourt
The Larkin farm epitomises all that is good about family farming, with good technical performance and a good work/life balance
25 September 2024 Milk quality
Liquid milk producers delivering the goods
The Dillane father and son partnership produce liquid milk all year round for Lee Strand Co-Op in Kerry
25 September 2024 Milk quality
Red and white cows in Wicklow
The Somers' family are milking Montbeliarde cows near Arklow in Co. Wicklow and supply liquid milk to Tirlan
25 September 2024 Milk quality
Premier performance in Tipperary
The Kennedy family from Cahir in Co. Tipperary are milking 398 cows and supply milk to Dairygold Co-Op
25 September 2024 Milk quality
New cattle vaccine for pneumonia strain
Adam Woods has new of a new pneumonia vaccine on the Irish market.
25 September 2024 Breeding & health
Drinagh suppliers exhibit spirit of excellence
The Lynch family are milking 183 cows on a 262 acre farm near Skibbereen in west Cork and supplying milk to Drinagh Co-Op
25 September 2024 Milk quality