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Pedigree
Irish Holstein Friesian Association and Cows.ie launch innovative campaign
Nevan McKiernan
The Irish Holstein Friesian Association and Cows.ie are collaborating to drive a significant initiative aimed at dairy stock breeders for the 2025 breeding season.
1 February 2025 News
Agri jobs: full-time worker needed at 200-cow Mitchelstown farm
There continues to be positions opening up in the dairy industry with jobs going in Cork and Kerry.
25 January 2025 News
Agri jobs: Pedigree Holstein dairy herd wants farm manager
As the dairy sector begins the calving season, there are positions available in the south of Ireland for farm workers.
Four-month-old dairy heifer calf sells for £31,000
Nevan McKiernan reports from the Sizzler Select online sale of dairy heifers.
7 January 2025 Pedigree
My Farming Week: John Gilsenan, Moynalty, Co Meath
Meath dairy farmer John Gilsenan, who held a Lakeland Dairies farm walk this week, is on this edition of My Farming Week.
11 December 2024 News
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
Bomaz Kettle tops PLI rankings
There is a new number one ranked Holstein bull in the UK for Profitable Lifetime Index (£PLI).
4 December 2024 Northern Ireland
Dairy, beef and dual-purpose donkeys
How the Konrad family make mixed farming work in the worlds sixth smallest country.
13 November 2024 Feature
In pictures: super trade for freshly dairy heifers
The monthly dairy sale from Taaffe Auctions at Dungannon Mart saw a superb trade for freshly calved heifers.
30 October 2024 Markets
Finding a work-life balance in dairying
David Wright reports from the autumn meeting of the Ulster Grassland Society held on the Pollock dairy farm in Tyrone
23 October 2024 Northern Ireland
Slatabogie heifer calves sell to 5,500gns
An on-farm production sale of breeding heifers from Slatabogie Holsteins saw heifer calves top the trade at 5,500 guineas
23 October 2024 Northern Ireland
Dairy calf-to-beef potential - culling the drop-out rate
Irish beef factories face reducing supply of suckler bred calves while male dairy remain a challenge but could be a possible solution
20 October 2024 News