Dairy
A 15-year journey - From Co. Monaghan to milking 480 cows in New Zealand
Hailing from Co. Monaghan, Olin Greenan is a shining example of what can be achieved in just 15 years of...
Dairy
Hailing from Co. Monaghan, Olin Greenan is a shining example of what can be achieved in just 15 years of...
Beef
The conformation scores achieved by prime cattle kill during the final quarter of 2016 generally declined from the corresponding period...
Dairy
Prices offered at the third skimmed milk powder (SMP) public intervention tender last week ranged from €155/100kg to €190/100kg. These were...
Machinery
New Holland is celebrating 100 years of tractor production in 2017, with a number of events organised in honour of...
Machinery
Volvo loading shovels are a popular choice with Irish agricultural contractors. Every summer, these machines (along with JCB, Komatsu, Caterpillar...
Rural Life
Members of the North East Pylon Group (NEPP) are claiming that it will be cheaper to put the North-South Interconnector...
Other
Struggling to find an operator that can drive steadily alongside a self-propelled forage harvester? Why not simply abandon the whole...
World News
Hundreds of livestock have been injured, killed or are still missing following a series of earthquakes in the central region of...
Pig/Poultry
The bird flu prevention zone in Northern Ireland, which was declared just before Christmas, has been extended until March 16....
Dairy
China’s dairy imports recovered substantially during 2016; however figures remain below 2014 levels, a year that saw speculation driving import...
Sheep
This week saw a pedigree Charollais ewe give birth to quintuplets on the north Tyrone farm of the Foster family....
Sheep
March lambing flocks this year are averaging close to 1.9 or two lambs per ewe this year, compared to 1.8...
N.Ireland
Applications for funding for projects aimed at raising the profile of quality regional food in the North will be accepted...
Rural Life
A group of cyclists in Spain stopped in the middle of their journey to help some farmers with a cow who...
Environment
A new forestry tool has been released to help forest owners maximise returns from their forest, by the Department of Agriculture,...
Machinery
New from Deutz-Fahr at this week’s LAMMA farm machinery show in the UK was the new 6 Series. There are new transmission...
Machinery
Over 900 exhibitors showed their wares at LAMMA 2017 in Peterborough, England. The event kicked off yesterday, January 18, and...
Dairy
Australian milk production continues to fall, with the latest figures from Dairy Australia showing that for November production was down 6.3%...