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
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...
Dairy
Strathroy warns suppliers of ‘risk’ in milk rise during peak
Strathroy Dairies has contacted its suppliers to inform them that there will be a risk to any additional milk produced...
Dairy
Kingshay report shows big dairy herd health improvements
Dairy herd health and fertility have seen some marked improvements over the past year, according to the latest Kingshay Dairy...
Dairy
Sexed semen sales double over the last 12 months
Sales of sexed dairy semen have doubled over the last two years according to a recent Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board...
Agri-Business
NI milk price round-up: Lakeland swaps unconditional bonus for base price rise
Northern Ireland milk buyers are tickling the 30p/L mark with marginal increases across most of May's base prices. The latest...
Agri-Business
US scientists create vaccine ‘cocktail’ to protect cattle against Johne’s disease
Scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the scientific in-house research agency for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), have...
Dairy
Alltech ONE: ‘The dairy story is not told well enough’
During the Alltech ONE event, Dr. Torsten Hemme, the CEO and founder of the International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN) - gave...
Dairy
First Milk appoints Co-op’s Michael Fletcher as non-executive director
First Milk has announced the appointment of Michael Fletcher as a non-executive director. Fletcher is currently chief commercial officer at...
