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Dairy farm spend on compliance hits €17,000
Aidan Brennan
This is on top of an investment of €18,060 for extra soiled water storage and additional calf housing over the past ten years, based on a typical 100 cow dairy farm.
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.
13 November 2024 Dairy Day
Dairy Day view from NZ: 440kg solids from 475kg cows
New Zealand farmer Corrigan Sowman will speak at the Irish Farmers Journal Dairy Day.
Dairy Day view from Abroad: Corrigan Sowman and Auko Sikkenga
Dutch dairy farmer Auko Sikkenga and New Zealand dairy farmer Corrigan Sowman are some of the guests speaking at the Irish Farmers Journal Dairy Dairy on 21 November, writes Noel Bardon.
13 November 2024 Dairy Day
Compliance costing dairy farmers €16,300 per year
The extra costs associated with new environmental and sustainability compliance is costing dairy farmers €16,300 annually on top of extra investment costs of €19,560, writes Aidan Brennan.
13 November 2024 Dairy Day
Department raises risk-based cattle trading to curb TB
The Department has acknowledged that risk-based cattle trading controls would devalue impacted cattle.
13 November 2024 News
‘We stuck to our guns’ on brucellosis - Department
The experience of eradicating brucellosis shows that animal diseases can be eradicated, even in the face of farm organisation opposition to new measures, a Department official said.
13 November 2024 News
New 98,000t AD plant proposed at Lisheen Mine
The proposed anaerobic digestion (AD) plant is located close to an operational sludge AD plant, as well as a proposed large-scale AD, compost and growing media facility in the area.
13 November 2024 News
Two-day meeting to nail down Project Connect
Momentum building to get agreement on a single advocacy group for the farm and food sector.
13 November 2024 News
Farmers set to be benchmarked on fertiliser surplus
Nutrient surplus will be calculated based on feed and fertiliser register and is set to be included in the next Nitrates Action Programme.
13 November 2024 News
TB compensation drop to cost dairy farmers €1.3m
Responding to a query from the Irish Farmers Journal, the Department confirmed that a top-up compensation payment for dairy cows, based on their EBI, has dropped.
13 November 2024 News
Dairy Trends: markets going in the right direction
Butter is leading the charge this week, as prices increase by €145/t to be within touching distance of the last peak price.
13 November 2024 Markets