N.Ireland
Are you wasting a third of the chemical fertiliser you spread?
Chemical fertiliser is a hot topic at the minute in the agricultural sector, with concern over pricing in 2022 and...
Dairy
Beef
Dunbia to invest £1m in measuring the carbon footprint of 500 farms
Dunbia, the UK division of Dawn Meats Group, is investing an initial £1 million in a new multi-year, full supply...
N.Ireland
Lively trade at Taaffe Auctions’ first spring sales
Taaffe Auctions kicked off its spring dairy sales last week in Carnaross on Wednesday (January 19) and Dungannon on Thursday...
Dairy
Inaugural Great British Calf Week to take place in February
The inaugural Great British Calf Week will take place between February 2 and February 9, to celebrate the progress that...
Agri-Business
GDT price index highest in 8 years at 300th trade event
Global Dairy Trade (GDT) held its 300th trading event this week (Tuesday, January 18), which resulted in a 4.6% price...
N.Ireland
Additional BVD control measures likely to be required in Northern Ireland
Animal Health and Welfare NI (AHWNI) has confirmed that additional Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) control measures are likely to be...
Beef
Fertiliser planning webinars for beef, sheep and dairy farmers
AgriSearch, the Agri-food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) and the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) are joining forces...
Dairy
Society suggests verifying carbon footprint of Jersey cows
Many milk producers believe that the carbon footprint of Jersey cows is low, relative to that achieved by production animals...
Dairy
Dairy advice: Weaning autumn-born calves
Spring is just around the corner and now is a good time to begin the weaning of autumn-born calves, to...
Dairy
Controlling digital dermatitis during the housed period
Digital dermatitis - also known as Mortellaro's disease - often rears its head on farms during the housed period, when...
Dairy
Fonterra revises downwards its NZ milk collections
Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd. has today (Tuesday, January 11, 2022) revised the forecast for its 2021/22 New Zealand milk collections...
Agri-Business
Arla Foods to convert to fossil-free milk tankers
European dairy cooperative, Arla Foods has unveiled ambitious plans to scale up its climate target for operations from 30% to...
Agri-Business
Scrapping milk Use-By dates good news for UK dairy industry - RABDF
The decision by Morrisons to remove Use-By-dates from milk packaging to avoid food wastage is welcome news for the dairy...
Rural Life
Borderway Dairy Expo announces all-female judging lineup
Harrison & Hetherington, organisers of the foremost showcase for the British dairy industry, Borderway UK Dairy Expo, announce its 2022...
Dairy
Dairy-Tech 2022 postponed until April 7
Due to growing concern over the new Omicron variant of coronavirus, Dairy-Tech 2022 has been postponed to April 7, 2022....
Dairy
GDT returns to growth with slight increase this week
The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) has returned to growth after a decrease in the index last time out, which was...
Agri-Business
Turbulent times predicted for milk supply in Great Britain
An environmental re-set - reducing milk production when demand is growing - added to the well-documented increasing inflationary pressure on...
Dairy
Why didn’t my vaccinations programme work?
The use of vaccinations in livestock will become increasingly more important with the rules around the use of antibiotics due...
