Beef
Field trials for TB vaccine and skin test kickstarted in England
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has commenced the world’s first clinical field trials of the BCG...
Dairy
Agri-Business
Dairy Council NI launches new 3-year Sustainable Dairy Programme
The Dairy Council for Northern Ireland is it to take part in a new three-year sustainable dairy programme. The programme,...
Dairy
Study: Intensive grass management is ‘good farming’ in the dairy sector
New research on the attitudes of people working in the Irish dairy sector has shown that being an intensive grass...
Dairy
GDT ‘hit for 6’ as powder and cheddar figures dip
The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has recorded another drop to mark six consecutive decreases over the last three months...
Agri-Business
‘Cows are the new coal’ according to global investor group
A global investor coalition and former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon are calling on all G20 nations to disclose specific targets...
Dairy
UK Dairy Day set to go ahead on September 15
Organisers of the UK Dairy Day have announced that the show will go ahead on September 15, with additional Covid-19...
Dairy
Sizzling top price of 14,000gns at Summer Sizzler
Last Saturday (July 3), the Summer Sizzler dairy sale took place on the Maineview Farm of Andrew and Caroline Kennedy...
Dairy
Cow-stomach bacteria could degrade synthetic plastics – study
Bacteria found in the rumen of a cow could help to break down plastics, an Austrian study has found. Cows'...
Dairy
Minimising contamination of silage crops
Soil contamination is something that is not often talked about, but it can have negative impacts on forage intakes and...
Dairy
Could contract rearing be used to control Johne’s disease?
A recent report from Animal Health Ireland (AHI) suggested that contract rearing could be an effective way of preventing the...
Beef
Former dairy farmer joins Actiphage developers to fight bovine TB
Jonnie Yewdall, a former dairy farmer, has been appointed commercial director at PBD Biotech. The company recently gained funding to...
Dairy
Nominations open for Dairy Industry Woman of the Year Award
Nominations are being requested for women working in the dairy industry demonstrating the qualities ‘connect, share and inspire’, to be...
Dairy
Dairy Focus: Prevention better than cure in Co. Antrim
In this week's Dairy Focus, Agriland made the trip to meet the McLean family on their dairy farm near Straid, Co. Antrim. Roy,...
Dairy
Time to start thinking about drying off autumn-calving cows
Autumn-calving cows are approaching the end of their lactations and are now at the point where farmers may be considering...
Agri-Business
Strathroy clarifies its plans to deal with ‘peak milk’ supply
Strathroy Dairy’s director Cormac Cunningham has refuted suggestions that the company let Glanbia ‘take the heat’ on Ireland’s peak milk...
Agri-Business
NI dairy industry would have to ‘revert to 1946 levels’ to meet net-zero
Northern Ireland's dairy industry would have to be slashed back to production levels last seen in 1946 in order to...
Beef
DAERA’s TB plans to be revealed next week
It's been heavily anticipated for the last year and a half, but Northern Ireland farmers will finally get the first...
Agri-Business
Dale Farm sees £19 million increase in sales despite a year of lockdown
Major Northern Ireland dairy cooperative Dale Farm has reported an increase in both group operating profits and sales in its...
