Dairy
Six key steps to preventing milk fever in your herd this autumn
Cases of milk fever have been quite common this autumn. Milk fever is a calcium deficiency triggered by the increased...
Dairy
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Global Dairy Trade reports downward prices for second month
Prices at the latest Global Dairy Trade auction have fallen on the last event. The results of the auction concluded...
Dairy
Farmers could be wasting €1,500 by not recording dry off dates
Farmers that don’t record dry offs do not receive an accurate annual report for their herd or valid lactations for...
Dairy
Futures markets signal another fall in Global Dairy Trade
Dairy products prices could fall again at tomorrow’s Global Dairy Trade auction with futures markets signalling a fall of 5%...
Beef
6.7% more calves registered on BVD programme than 2014
By the end of third quarter of 2015 just over 2m calves had been registered on the National BVD Eradication Programme,...
Dairy
‘Balanced dairy markets can deliver a 26p/L (36c/L) farmgate price’
United Dairy Farmers’ CEO David Dobbin has said that international dairy markets will deliver an average farmgate price of around...
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US dairy farmers thank their lucky stars and strong domestic market
US dairy farmers have been hit by global downward pressure on milk prices, but not to the same extent according...
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Video: British farmer makes vodka from milk
Vodka made from the milk of 250 dairy cows on Englands West Dorset coast will be stocked in Marks and...
Dairy
Only one country offered dairy product into intervention last week
France was the only country to offer dairy product into intervention for the week ending October 25, the latest figures...
Dairy
Fonterra hits milk production peak, but it's back on last year
Fonterra hit its seasonal milk production peak on October 22, 2015 with 86.9m litres of milk being processed on that...
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‘Maize crops yielding 20t/ac plus’
Maize crops in the south of the country are yielding up to 26t/ac fresh weight, according to Maizetech’s John Foley....
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Expanding dairy farmers have 2 options: get better or get bigger
Dairy farmers thinking of expanding have two options: get better or get bigger, according to Derry O’Donovan of the report ‘Opportunities...
Dairy
Arla UK holds November milk price
Arla Foods UK has held its on-account milk price for November at 23.04p/L. Arla had increased its October milk price...
Dairy
12 Member States exceeded milk quota by 2,938,000t
The total amount by which 12 Member States exceeded their national milk quotas for deliveries in the 2014/2015 quota year...
Beef
14 top tips to ensure your winter housing is safe
With winter on the way; it’s time to carry out a last minute check on winter housing for livestock. Keep...
Dairy
Figures show fall off in dairy calvings so far this autumn
Dairy calf registrations since September are down 15%, according to latest stats from the ICBF. Since the week ending September...
Dairy
Arrabawn and Lacpatrick hold September milk price
Arrabawn co-op has held its September milk price at 26.00c/L and Lacpatrick has also held its September milk price at...
Dairy
'There was nothing to suggest Global Dairy Trade would fall' - So what happened?
Overall dairy prices fell 3.1% at this week’s Global Dairy Trade auction, following a combined lift of 63% over the...
