Dairy
Farm safety to feature at Emerald Expo
Farm safety is to feature prominently at this weekends Emerald Expo 2015 which is taking place at the Punchestown Event...
Dairy
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Ornua (IDB) dairy market returns rise in March
Ornua (formerly the Irish Dairy Board) saw its Product Purchasing Index (PPI) for the month of March rise to 100...
Dairy
Dairy farm walk: Journey from 50-220 cows on fragmented Sligo farm
A farm walk titled “Dairy Potential in the North-West; Dealing with Land Fragmentation” will take place on Joseph Dunphy’s farm...
Dairy
'Effective worm control – cattle must be allowed to develop a level of natural immunity'
The ideal approach to controlling lung, gut and stomach worms is to use a wormer that allows some exposure to...
Dairy
Three national breed shows to headline UK dairy show
Three national breed shows and classes for four different breeds will headline the National Dairy Show at the Livestock Event in...
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Kiwi milk production slumped 6% in February
Milk production in New Zealand has fallen 6% in February, compared to the previous month, according to DairyCo. It says...
Dairy
‘We are not in the business of supporting inefficient dairy farms’
Dairy farmers thinking of expanding need to be efficient first, the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney told the Teagasc/ICOS dairy...
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UK dairy sector launches an initiative to reduce the incidence of Johne's disease
The dairy industries in England, Scotland and Wales are joining forces to launch an Action Johne’s disease campaign, which will...
Dairy
Dairy sector must become more export focussed - Hogan
EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan believes that Europe’s dairy industry must develop an aggressive export policy in order to overcome...
Agri-Business
€729m invested in dairy plants in last 2 years, here's where
Data from Enterprise Ireland shows that over the past two years some €729m has been invested in 36 dairy and...
Dairy
Gross output figures peak at €6,091/ha on spring-calving dairy farms
The top 10% of dairy farms generated a gross output of compared to €4,392 on the average farms, according to...
Dairy
Gloves-looking after your cows and hands - AHI
Considering the broad range of jobs you do daily as a farmer, it is going to be very difficult to...
Dairy
Global Dairy Trade takes another major hit
Dairy product prices have fallen significantly again at the most recent Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction. The event represents the...
Dairy
Not every sudden death should be attributed to tetany at this time of the year
Grass tetany is only one of several diseases that can lead to sudden death on dairy and suckler farms during...
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Milk quotas come to an end after 31 years
Tuesday, March 31, was the last day of the milk quota regime. Introduced in 1984 as a temporary measure to...
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The Twitter reaction to milk quotas being abolished
Milk quotas in Europe will be abolished this week. For over 30 years farmers had limits on the amount of milk...
Dairy
Europe urged to 'act responsibly' as milk quotas end
As EU milk quotas come to an end this week, all countries have been urged to act responsibly and collectively...
Dairy
Fertiliser rules for this year's grass silage
Grass silage has a large nutrient demand and adequate N, P & K is essential for maximising grass yield and producing...
