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Careers
Driving support for our women in dairy
Sarah McIntosh
Ahead of the Dairy Women Ireland conference that’s taking place on 23 November, we speak to the president of the voluntary organisation Mary Kinston about the future of the industry.
20 November 2024 Careers
‘The dairy industry is constantly innovating’
With Dairy Day returning to SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork this week, we look at the variety of opportunities available within the dairy sector, writes Aretha Uamai.
6 November 2024 Education
Careers: ‘There are many opportunities and benefits within the sector’
As part of the ASA travel bursary series, Brona McCabe from the Dundalk Institute of Technology talks about her experience working on JF Cobb & Sons dairy farm in Dorset, England.
Careers: calving over 1,000 cows on a grass-based system in England
As part of the ASA travel bursaries series, UCD student Shane O’Brien from Co Leitrim talks about his time on dairy farms in Saskatchewan, Canada and Sansaw Dairy, Shrewsbury.
23 October 2024 Education
Desperate Farmhusband: the countdowns are on
It's officially the time of year when our Desperate Farmhusband starts thinking ahead.
9 October 2024 Features
Offaly holding in seven lots
This farm is high yielding - and preparations have been made for further expansion. Paul Mooney reports.
9 October 2024 Property
Careers: milking 1,600 cows on a dairy farm in New Zealand
As part of the ASA travel bursaries series, Etain Coughlan from SETU Waterford carried out her professional work experience in New Zealand. In conversation with Sarah McIntosh.
9 October 2024 Education
Ready-to-go farm near coast suits any enterprise
A turnkey residential farm in south Co Wexford is sure to attract plenty of interest ahead of auction in early October, writes Tommy Moyles.
2 October 2024 For Sale
Milking 500 dairy cows on a GEA rotary
From a high-tech dairy farm in the Netherlands to a large-scale pig unit in Germany. Sarah McIntosh was in conversation with ASA Travel Bursary recipient Emily Mangan.
2 October 2024 Education
Confidence in the future of the dairy industry
Sustainability is a huge concern for farmers and that means having to spend on things that reduce the labour requirement on the farm, writes Katherine O'Leary.
18 September 2024 Katherine O'Leary
Slice of paradise for sale in Ards Peninsula
The guide price for the Co Down property as a whole is £5.15m (€6.1m), writes Peter McCann.
11 September 2024 Property
600-cow dairy unit for sale in Down
A full residential dairy farm with housing space for 600 cows has been offered up for sale in Co Down.
14 August 2024 Property