Sponsored
The potential benefits for farmers of setting up a farm scale biogas plant on their enterprise will...
Rural Life
The 2023 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) opened to the public today...
Dairy Technical
The spring-calving season will soon be upon us, so now is a good time to assess your calf-feeding...
The breeding season on most spring-calving herds has drawn to a close and most farms are now...
Dairy
If carried out correctly, once-a-day (OAD) feeding of milk replacer is a practice that can greatly...
During a recent Volac webinar on the dairy heifer - from conception to weaning - it was outlined...
University College Cork (UCC) is seeking the views of farmers after their study showed strong...
The country is in the middle of a cold spell. Temperatures have fallen and winter showers along...
On some farms, waste milk is fed to calves as an alternative to feeding milk replacer or milk from...
The calving season will soon be starting and with that comes the feeding of calves. A well-fed calf...
Beef
Just over a quarter of the approved applicants have made claims for payment under the Calf...
Dairy farmers were urged not to feed antibiotic milk, or ‘waste milk’, to calves during the...
Calf feeding is usually the most labour intensive job during the spring-calving season with the...
It is vital to protect the dry matter (DM) and feed quality of this year’s maize crops against...
Many dairy farmers are beginning to rack their brains for ways in which they are going to reduce...
Colostrum, also known as beestings, is the first and most important line of defence for a newborn...
Since the abolition of milk quotas, the Irish dairy herd has undergone considerable changes;...
The mayhem associated with calving a large number of cows over a short period of time is fast...
