Dairy Focus
Tom Roche is milking 150 a mostly black and white herd of cows just outside of Castleisland in the...
The Eivers family of Roristown Farm in Trim, Co. Meath are increasing their winter milk margins...
Dairy
The partnership between Tony McCormack and Christopher Cahill began in January 2022 and, after a...
The Byrne family from Coolnasmear, Co. Waterford have been gradually improving farm infrastructure...
The most used sires to date in 2025 on dairy farms has been revealed by the Irish Cattle Breeding...
The Derinsallow Herd in Co. Tipperary are driving for 600kg milk solids (MS)/cow this year through...
With breeding finished up on farms for a few weeks, scanning needs to take priority. The...
This Meath dairy farmer breeds for type and efficient genetics, which is driving milk solids in his...
The Montbeliarde genetics are proving their worth for this dairy farmer in...
Breeding functional cows that can eat a lot of grass and convert it to solids is the aim in Co....
As the 2025 breeding season wraps up, many farmers will be eager to pinpoint which cows are in calf...
Farmers should not miss the opportunity to genotype their herd now that the National Genotyping...
Environment
An investigation is underway following the discovery of one of Ireland’s oldest breeding...
We are now a couple of weeks into the breeding season for many dairy farmers, with still little...
Now that we are into the second week of May, farm safety must be at the helm as the busyness on...
Health and heat detection collars have become very popular on dairy farms across the country as...
We are now into the breeding season and, for the majority of dairy farms, sexed semen usage is...
As the breeding season kicks off for most dairy farmers around the country, heat detection is going...
The use of a stock bull on dairy farms has died down substantially in recent years, with the growth...
Dairy farmer Michael Clarke is milking 300 cows in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath where cows are...
Breeding season for herds calving down in late January is only a few weeks away and, for many, they...
With the breeding season edging closer, farmers need to ensure that their maiden heifers are on...
The 2025 breeding season is only around the corner and sire selection so far this year seems to...
