Dairy
Large Herd Open Day highlights the need for effective disease control strategies
Simon Browne and his father Tom are today hosting the Large Herd Open Day on their farm at Killeagh, Co....
Dairy
Dairy
Minister will continue to negotiate for soft(er) landing
Despite not getting agreement at last week’s council meeting the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has said he will continue...
Dairy
Bad milking practices cost farmers €560/week
Dairy farmers with an 80-cow herd could be losing up to €560 per week because of high somatic cell count...
Dairy
Town of Monaghan Co-op new Aldi milk supplier
Aldi today announced a new agreement with Town of Monaghan Co-op Ltd. that will see the co-op become Aldi’s third...
Dairy
Farming for profit? Profit for loss?
Agriland recently reported on a Teagasc Dairy Expansion seminar where it was stated that ‘If you’re not farming for profit,...
Agri-Business
Galway farmer elected new Chairman of Arrabawn
Dairy farmer, Sean Monahan, from Athenry, Galway, was elected the new Chairman of Arrabawn Co-op at a meeting of the...
Dairy
No EU agreement on butterfat correction
Agricultural ministers last night failed to agree on changes to the proposed butterfat adjustment. Speaking at a press conference after...
Dairy
Butterfat deal is only part of the quota challenge
ICOS Dairy Policy Executive T J Flanagan has told Agriland that today’s decision in Brussels to either grant – or...
Agri-Business
Global milk markets continued to slide in May
According to DairyCo, global wholesale milk markets moved down further in May as milk production in the Northern Hemisphere reached...
Agri-Business
Nutricia sees profits fall by 97% in wake of Fonterra contamination scare
Nutricia, the New Zealand specialist infant-formula company, saw its profits drop by 97% last year. The figures come after the...
Dairy
Two thirds EU of milk co-op purchased
Just two thirds of milk in the EU is co-op purchased, compared to over 90% of Irish milk, according to...
Agri-Business
Comment: Time to review Fonterra's sacred cow?
There’s a cow – not an elephant – in the room where New Zealand’s trade performance is discussed. The cow...
Dairy
10kg of wholecrop = 16kg grass silage in dairy diet
A large group of dairy farmers attended a CAFRE short course on the farm of John and Simon Best, Poyntzpass....
Dairy
Wet May hits UK milk production
Weather conditions meant that UK milk production dropped in May. According to DairyCo heavy rainfall across a large part of the nation...
Dairy
Milk price is key to dairy expansion - Donie Cashman
Milk price will be key for dairy farmers once quotas are removed, former IFA President Donie Cashman told the Teagasc...
Dairy
First milk market observatory meeting discusses market outlook
The first meeting of the Milk Market Observatory economic board took place recently. The meeting was opened with presentations by DG...
Dairy
Chief State Solicitor to examine irregular milk movements
Following an investigation conducted by the Department of Agriculture into possible milk quota irregularities involving a large Glanbia milk supplier...
Agri-Business
Friesland Campina ups milk price for June
The FrieslandCampina guaranteed price for raw milk for June 2014 is €42.00/100kg of milk. The guaranteed price is €1.75 higher...
