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Grass growth in 2025 beats five-year average

Average grass growth in 2025 is better than the five-year average, but similar to the 10-year average, writes Aidan Brennan.

MANAGEMENT 1 January 2026

Grass growth in 2025 beats five-year average

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Q-Bed saves mixed Armagh farm time and money

Q-Bed saves mixed Armagh farm time and money

FARM MACHINERY 30 December 2025

Dairy Management: training heifers and dosing cows

Dairy Management: training heifers and dosing cows

MANAGEMENT 30 December 2025

Department update stocking rate rules

Department update stocking rate rules

Department update stocking rate rules

MANAGEMENT 30 December 2025

Time to get calf-rearing preparations under way

Time to get calf-rearing preparations under way

Time to get calf-rearing preparations under way

MANAGEMENT 30 December 2025

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Twenty ways to spend €20,000 at Dairy Day 2025

Twenty ways to spend €20,000 at Dairy Day 2025

Daire Cregg reviews the 'Twenty ways to spend €20,000' panel discussion at Dairy Day 2025 and how the panel ranked the investment ideas.

MANAGEMENT 17 December 2025

Where will the next generation of AI sires come from?

Where will the next generation of AI sires come from?

At the recent Teagasc national dairy conference, Donagh Berry addressed worries about the size of the future bull pool. Daire Cregg reports on what's causing the issues.

MANAGEMENT 17 December 2025

Evaluating stocking rate for 2026

Evaluating stocking rate for 2026

With the current cost of production higher than milk price, optimising stocking rate in 2026 could have a very positive effect on farm profitability.

MANAGEMENT 17 December 2025

Dairy management: silage stocks and vaccines

Dairy management: silage stocks and vaccines

It makes sense to ration out how much silage cows in good body condition score get to eat, writes dairy editor Aidan Brennan.

MANAGEMENT 17 December 2025

Dairy Management: bull selection for 2026

Dairy Management: bull selection for 2026

Ballycampion Dannyboy tops the list of EBI for bulls at the November EBI evaluation, writes Aidan Brennan.

MANAGEMENT 17 December 2025

Dairy Management: new stocking rate rules explained

Dairy Management: new stocking rate rules explained

Aidan Brennan writes that the new rules around moving slurry and stocking rates will affect farmers with higher milking platform stocking rates.

MANAGEMENT 17 December 2025

Dairy management: body condition scoring and getting ready for spring

Dairy management: body condition scoring and getting ready for spring

Aidan Brennan writes that silage quality for the dry period will have a huge bearing on cow body condition score next spring.

MANAGEMENT 17 December 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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