Dairy
Dairy Advice: Dealing with 'retained cleanings' this spring
Retained cleanings is also known as retained fetal membrane or retained placenta and occurs when the calf’s side of the...
Calving
Dairy
Tweaks to your calf shed that could improve calf health this spring
We are now only a matter of days away from the start of the calving season and any last minute...
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Native Tree Area Scheme makes planting trees easier
If you’re a farmer looking to generate extra income, the Native Tree Area Scheme (NTAS) is a great opportunity to...
Dairy
Hygiene and biosecurity measures crucial this calving season
Many cows have already kicked off the calving season, as there have been a number of calves born across the...
Dairy
Dairy advice: Getting prepared for the calving season
We are nearing the end of December, meaning it won’t be long until the calving season kicks off all over...
Dairy
Dairy advice: Eliminating the enemy that is calf scour
Calf scour is a well-known enemy in farm yards across the country, with the disease holding the record for the...
Dairy
Autumn calving: Achieving 100 SCC in the first 100 days
As we are now into the thick of autumn calving, it’s important to be considerate of keeping your somatic cell...
Dairy
Dairy Focus: Cork man manages 1,500-cow farm in England
This week’s Dairy Focus takes us to a farm where Breffni Daly, a young man from west Cork, has been...
Dairy
New feasibility study predicts calving time using heart rate data
A new feasibility study published in the science journal, Nature, predicts cow calving time 40 plus hours in advance of...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Dairy
Should you be milk pregnancy testing or scanning your cows?
There is no doubt that milk pregnancy testing has grown in popularity on dairy farms across the country over the...
Dairy
Dairy Focus: Calving underway on 1,000-cow New Zealand farm
New Zealand dairy farmer Frank Newman is enjoying the start of the calving season, as 244 cows have calved from...
Dairy News
Almost 450,000 calves genotyped so far this year - ICBF
The Irish Cattle Breeders Federation (ICBF) has said that 448,123 calves have been genotyped to date under the National Genotyping...
Sheep
Watch: 'Difficult to continue' with lack of sleep during lambing
Like many other farmers at the moment, farmers Pat and Catherine Murray from Gorey, Co. Wexford are experiencing late nights...
Veterinary
Vets report increase in calf birth defects in first two months of 2024
XLVets Ireland has said there was an 80% increase in reports of calf birth defects in the first two months...
Rural Life
Priest urges Kerry farmer to keep surprise triplet bull calves
A dairy farmer in Co. Kerry has told Agriland how his uncle, who is a priest, has encouraged him to...
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RDS Announces Opening of Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development Awards
In its sixth year, the RDS Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development Awards celebrates the work of individuals, farming families and...
Beef
Vet warns 'no guarantee' of late feeding reducing night calvings
A Teagasc vet has said that there is no guarantee that the number of cows calving at night will reduce...
Dairy Technical
The importance of monitoring body condition of cows post calving
After calving, cows should be closely monitored to ensure that excess body condition is not lost. Although a level of...
N.Ireland
BVD positives at lowest rate in Northern Ireland
New statistics from the Animal Health and Welfare Northern Ireland (AHWNI) have shown that Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) is at...
Beef
DAFM urges investigation of birth deformities in calves and lambs
The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) is urging the investigation of any birth deformities seen in calves...