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Warning on liver fluke
Preliminary figures from the meat factories indicate that the incidence of fluke this year is as high if not higher...
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What Ireland can learn from Fonterra
COMMENT: Fonterra sells a lot of its dairy products through Global Dairy Trade (GDT) Auctions. The revenue generated from dairy produce...
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Calculating milk price from whole milk powder prices
COMMENT: Helping farmers calculate milk price from whole milk powder prices. Example – Whole Milk Powder (WMP) The latest...
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All roads lead to Millstreet for National Dairy Show
Dairy farmers are at a crossroads as the 2015 post-Quota era approaches fast. There is free advice available at the...
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Managing high SCC in late lactation
The View from Teagasc: High SCC cows should firstly be identified through an individual milk recording, milked last to minimise disease spread...
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'Significant gains from improved mastitis controls'
Motivating behaviour change in mastitis control was explored by Finola Mc Coy, Animal Health Ireland at the Cattle Association of Veterinary...
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Get herd quality right before expansion
COMMENT: In my role as a farm consultant I am fortunate to work with lots of dairy farmers who have...
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Hundreds of dairy farmers apply for milk quota
Hundreds of dairy farmers are seeking milk quota to avoid super levy fines between now and 2015 in the latest...
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'Price outlook positive but superlevy looming'
COMMENT: In the first six months of 2013, Ireland and EU milk production was strongly influenced by the climatic conditions, leading to expectations...
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'Europe will not flood world dairy markets after 2015'
European Dairy Farmers’ president Katrine Lecornu told delegates attending today’s Alltech Global 500 event that EU milk production will increase...
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'Dairy markets to remain solid in 2013 before softening in 2014'
The current Chinese supply tightness has helped maintain high pricing across the globe for dairy products. This period of unprecedented...
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Good calf rearing is at the heart of every successful dairy farm
IN FOCUS: Alistair Thompson milks 500 cows across two sites at Beaverlodge Farm, near Artigarvan in North Co Tyrone. Calving...
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Dairy cow nutrition – some insights into the future
United Feeds’ CEO Dr Keith Agnew has taken the opportunity of reviewing some of the key nutritional developments that may...
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Heifer rearing programme is a real hit with dairy farmers
Gain Feeds’ Rob O’Keeffe has told AgriLand that the company’s heifer-rearing programme, launched earlier this year, is fast becoming the...
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'New dairy standard will improve accuracy of millions of milk tests performed every day'
Joint work between ISO and the International Dairy Federation (IDF) has resulted in an important update of a key analytical...
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'Prospects for dairy remain good'
Former Irish Farmers Association (IFA) president Padraig Walshe has told AgriLand that the prospects for milk moving forward remain extremely...
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A Rabobank perspective on the world's dairy markets
The Agricultural Science Association Conference: Rabobank’s Matthew Johnson told this year’s Agricultural Science Association (ASA) Conference that international dairy prices peaked...
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Talk of compulsory dairy income insurance at EU post-Quota debate
A high-level European Parliament debate on dairy quotas post 2015 is taking place next Wednesday. It is being pinned as a...
