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
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...
Dairy
Dungannon dairy sale: Atrium daughter makes top price
Taaffe auctions held its final sale of the year recently, at Dungannon Mart, Co. Tyrone, and had 105 lots on...
Beef
FUW raises concerns about changes to livestock movement rules
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) has raised its concerns regarding proposed changes to the registration and reporting of livestock...
Agri-Business
GDT sees first fall since August in this week’s event
The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) Index saw its first decrease since August 3, after the latest auction event yesterday (Tuesday,...
Dairy
40 new dairy entrants in Northern Ireland in 2021
Approximately 40 new farming entrants started up within Northern Ireland’s dairy sector during 2021 and this growth looks set to...
Agri-Business
New NI initiative to tackle dairy sector carbon emissions
A new initiative to help tackle carbon emissions within the dairy sector in Northern Ireland (NI) has been launched by...
Dairy
Dairy-Tech to implement additional Covid-19 measures for 2022 show
Extra measures are being implemented for Dairy-Tech 2022 held on February 2, to ensure it is Covid-secure. In line with...
N.Ireland
DAERA issues advice on new BVD requirements for cattle moving south
The Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland has said that cattle moving to the Republic...
Dairy
Parlour training your in-calf heifers, have you started yet?
The milking production season has ended on many spring-calving dairy farms for 2021, and now is a good opportunity for...
