Agri-Business
Lakeland Dairies re-elects chair and vice-chair
Co. Louth farmer Niall Matthews has been re-elected as chairperson of Lakeland Dairies. Niall Matthews was first elected to his...
Dairy
Agri-Business
GDT price index average down by 24% in 2023
The average Global Dairy Trade (GDT) price index across 2023 decreased by 24% compared to 2022, dipping to a five-year...
Agri-Business
Dutch dairy co-op FrieslandCampina sees ‘disappointing’ results
Dutch-based multinational dairy co-op FrieslandCampina has said it has seen “disappointing” financial results for 2023. In announcing its results for...
Agri-Business
Ukrainian farmers invest in dairy on land unaffected by war
Ukrainian farmers are investing in the dairy sector on land that has not been occupied by Russia, the president of...
Agri-Business
Arla Foods reports €13.7 billion revenue for 2023
Multinational dairy business Arla Foods has reported revenue for 2023 of €13.7 billion, a slight decrease on the 2022 figure...
Dairy
Supplementation key to overcoming negative energy balance
A challenged faced by all dairy cows after calving is negative energy balance (NEB), where energy demands are not being...
Dairy
Preventing abomasal bloat in young calves
Occasionally, abomasal bloat will be an issue on farms – with clostridium bacteria or lactic acid usually to blame for...
Dairy
Harper Adams University student wins RABDF Dairy Student Award
A Harper Adams University student has beaten five other finalists to take home the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers’...
N.Ireland
Lakeland Dairies raises milk price again for January supplies
The Lakeland Dairies Board has today (Tuesday, February 13) decided on a price for milk supplied in January with the...
Dairy
Keeping cell counts under control during early lactation
The majority of dairy farms are now in the depths of the calving season, but a focus needs to be...
N.Ireland
Meat and dairy predicted to perform well this Valentine’s Day
Beef steaks, cheese and desserts are predicted to perform well on Valentine’s Day (Wednesday, February 14) this year. Analysts from...
Agri Politics
Fonterra further increases 2024 forecast farmgate milk price
Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd has today (Monday, February 12) increased its 2023/24 season forecast farmgate milk price, with the midpoint...
Dairy
ForFarmers appoints new robotic product manager
Robotics specialist Bas van Santen has been appointed by ForFarmers to the role of robotic product manager. ForFarmers said van...
Dairy
National Milk Records appoints new managing director
Dairy agri-tech company National Milk Records (NMR) Limited has appointed a new managing director. Mark Frankcom has been appointed to...
Agri-Business
Crossbred herd takes home 2023 NMR RABDF Gold Cup
Bisterne Farm has been crowned the winner of the 2023 NMR RABDF Gold Cup award with its crossbred, low input,...
Agri-Business
Inflation threatens long-term resilience of agriculture - AHDB
The latest agri-market outlook from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has concluded that the inflation of inputs is...
Dairy
Keeping E. coli mastitis at bay in freshly-calved cows
Shortly after calving is a high risk period for Eacherichia coli (E. coli) mastitis, which is commonly associated with severe toxic...
Dairy
Dairy advice: Feed space and cubicle beds standards
Ensuring that there is adequate feed space and cubicles is going to be vital over the next few weeks on...
