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Dairy
Milk prices maintained for December supplies
Rachel Donovan
Tirlán and Carbery have maintained their base prices for December while Kerry Dairy Ireland has increased its base price 0.47c/l, excluding VAT.
21 January 2025 Management
Scanning time for autumn-calving suckler herds
Cows calving in early autumn should be settled back in-calf at this point. With a buoyant beef trade, scanning will flag up empty animals which may be better off cashed in.
21 January 2025 News
Seasonality bonus announced with Tirlán’s December milk price
A seasonality payment will apply to all creamery milk volumes supplied during December that meet quality criteria, as well as non-contracted volumes from its autumn calving and liquid milk schemes.
Year in review and planning for 2025
Castlederg dairy farmer Jessica Pollock, looks back on 2024 and what lies ahead in 2025
8 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Beef management: scour vaccines and preventing coccidiosis
Adam Woods takes a look at scour vaccines and preventing coccidiosis in young calves in this week's beef management notes.
1 January 2025 Management
Five management jobs for January
While every farm has a long list of jobs to complete, outlined are a few tasks to consider in January.
31 December 2024 Management
Pros outweigh the cons of three-way cross
Thoughts have turned again to breeding of our autumn-calving herd, writes Castlederg dairy farmer, Jessica Pollock
11 December 2024 Northern Ireland
Farmer Writes: inheritance tax drives farmers to the streets
The injustice of the inheritance tax measures has put many feet on the street in the UK, writes Joe Collingborn.
8 December 2024 Farmer Writes
Struggles with two year-old calving
Getting heifers back into calf is more difficult in an autumn-calving herd, writes John Egerton.
4 December 2024 Farmer Writes
Beef Management: breeding indoors and looking after first calving heifers
This week's Beef Management takes a look at breeding indoors, sexed semen use, injection site management and looking after first calving heifers.
4 December 2024 Management
Crossbreeding delivers 35% increase in milk output
Andrew Dale has targeted milk yield, solids and fertility using a crossbreeding programme on his 120-cow dairy farm. Kieran Mailey reports.
27 November 2024 Northern Ireland
Watching for repeat breeding in autumn-calving cows
Where breeding is under way in herds that calve over August and September, keep a close eye on cows for signs of animals repeating.
19 November 2024 Management