Dairy
How to condition score cows over 200 milking days
Cows in the herd over 200 days milking should have a condition score at the moment of 2.5, Michael Garvey...
Dairy
Cows in the herd over 200 days milking should have a condition score at the moment of 2.5, Michael Garvey...
World News
It’s official folks, farming is officially cool; Madonna has bought a farm in the US for $2.2m. However it is not...
Arable
The Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney has confirmed that a review of the status of the commonly-used herbicide glyphosate is...
Dairy
The European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan is living in an ‘ivory tower’ and is not recognising the economic pressures...
EU
The wording of the proposed EU legislation on vet medicines is “too vague and could jeopardize the health and welfare of animals...
Dairy
BVD test results continue to be received at ICBF and there have been 1.89m results received since January 1 2015. Since the...
Rural Life
While 2014 saw a horrific amount of farm fatalities in Ireland one area where safety on Irish farms has improved...
Beef
Beef farmers have been warned to anticipate poorer quality calves coming from the dairy herd next year. Speaking to farmers...
Dairy
New Zealand bank ASB has cut its 2015/2016 milk price forecast to $5.00/kg after the Global Dairy Trade tumbled for...
Rural Life
Silage-making has been hitting the headlines in recent weeks, but what about the tradition of square baling? Paul Brennan of...
Agri-Business
Dawn Meats has received approval by the EU Competition Commission to acquire a 49% stake in the French meat processor Elivia....
Dairy
By pushing for high-quality grass this month and taking out the 1-2kg concentrate per day, a typical 100-cow dairy herd...
Beef
Australian cattle prices have hit record high levels due to increasing demand in US and Asian markets, AHDB, the organisation...
World News
The construction of a farm for 100,000 cows has commenced in China, Russia Today the state-funded news website reports. The project is expected...
Dairy
The Global Dairy Trade has fallen again, for the 8th consecutive time. At its latest auction, today (July 1) the...
Beef
Reports that Dovea AI bull Lisduff Dandy was being taken out of service are not true and the bull is...
Rural Life
Vets in rural practices and business owners/partners were found to be the most optimistic about the future of the vet...
Beef
The US is to allow imports of fresh beef (chilled or frozen) from Northern Argentina and several states in Brazil,...