Milk recording

My Farming Week: James Patrick Ryan, Kilcolman, Feenagh, Co Limerick

James Patrick Ryan has taken over responsibility of a 250-cow dairy farm in Limerick this year having just completed the first year of Teagac's Farm Technician Apprenticeship programme.

NEWS 18 February 2026

My Farming Week: James Patrick Ryan, Kilcolman, Feenagh, Co Limerick

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Dairy Management: milk price cuts will affect margin

Dairy Management: milk price cuts will affect margin

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Dairy Management: managing somatic cell count this autumn

Dairy Management: managing somatic cell count this autumn

Dairy Management: managing somatic cell count this autumn

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Farmer Writes: grass growth is fairly bleak

Farmer Writes: grass growth is fairly bleak

Padraig Callanan discusses grass growth on his farm (or lack thereof) treating E coli mastitis and reseeding.

FARMER WRITES 12 March 2025

Dairy Management: grass growth and dealing with mastitis

Dairy Management: grass growth and dealing with mastitis

Aidan Brennan says about half of the country is heading into a grass deficit scenario brought about by soil moisture deficits.

MANAGEMENT 12 March 2025

Watch: keeping the focus on grass in Castleisland

Watch: keeping the focus on grass in Castleisland

John and Rachel O’Connor are milking 100 cows in a spring calving, grass based system in Currans, Co Kerry.

MILK QUALITY 12 March 2025

Doing the basics well in Limerick

Doing the basics well in Limerick

Daire Cregg reports from the Fox farm walk in Bulgaden, Co. Limerick, winners of the Kerry Agribusiness milk quality and sustainability awards for 2024

GRASS & FEEDING 12 March 2025

Farmer Writes: grass is flying it

Farmer Writes: grass is flying it

All cows are calved now, and they’re on 4kg of a breeder nut along with an allocation of 17kg DM of grass.

FARMER WRITES 12 March 2025

Dairy management: Grass, milk recording and maiden heifers

Dairy management: Grass, milk recording and maiden heifers

Aidan Brennan takes a look at tight grass supplies on dairy farms and asks what farmers who have a high proportion of the farm grazed can do to keep grass in the diet.

MANAGEMENT 12 March 2025

Department raises specification levels for all dairy units

Department raises specification levels for all dairy units

Specifications have been revamped for dairy units, which mainly concern wiring and the connection of generators.

BUILDINGS 12 March 2025

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UK continues as Ireland’s main export market for food and drink.

Conor O’Sullivan, a business with Chinese graduate from UCC, has taken up the challenge of representing Irish food and drink in the UK after 13 years in China.

UK continues as Ireland’s main export market for food and drink.

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