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Dairy Management: dosing dairy cows and planning for Christmas
Aidan Brennan
Aidan Brennan goes through the key parasites that may need to be controlled on dairy farms this winter.
22 November 2024 News
In pictures: CattleEye crowned winner of 2024 'Dairy Dragons'
CattleEye, an AI-powered monitoring solution for dairy herds, secured the highest level of virtual investment at the Dairy Dragons competition during this year’s Irish Farmers Journal Dairy Day
13 November 2024 Dairy Day
Welcome to the Dairy Dragons
The much-coveted Dairy Dragons returns with three companies vying for €50,000 in virtual cash.
Five cattle management tasks for late August
Outlined are five management tasks to carry out on suckler farms going into late August.
17 August 2024 Management
New €20m Beef Welfare Scheme opens
The 2024 Beef Welfare Scheme will remain open until 24 September at 11.59pm.
8 August 2024 Schemes
Proposed SI from a farmer perspective
"With fewer vets, we as farmers, will have difficulty in accessing veterinary care, particularly for emergency call outs." - Shane McAuliffe, B.Sc.Ag (Hons), MSc RVC
24 July 2024 Letters
Mixed reaction to new €20m Beef Welfare Scheme
Farmers are pleased to see meal feeding continuing as a mandatory option but there is some disquiet regarding the fact that autumn-born weanlings may miss out on payments
10 July 2024 News
Suckler scheme to open in early August - McConalogue
The 2024 Beef Welfare Scheme will support farmers in meal feeding suckler calves before and after weaning and in vaccinating against clostridial diseases and calf pneumonia.
9 July 2024 Schemes