Dairy
Liquid milk supplies rise but farmer numbers drop in 2019
While last year saw an overall increase in the amount of milk supplied from winter milkers and year-round dairy farms,...
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Dairy
NDC launches campaign celebrating resilience of Irish dairy farming
A new TV campaign has been launched by the National Dairy Council (NDC) to highlight the positive credentials of the...
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Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Dairy
Young dairy farmer set to lose 14ac to new N5 route in Co. Roscommon
Cathal McHugh is a 26-year-old farmer in Co. Roscommon who is in a farm partnership with his father Des. In...
Dairy
Dairy farmers 'disappointed to see milk price below Ornua PPI'
Farmers were very disappointed to see a cut in their first big milk cheque of the year when markets would...
Dairy
Analysis: Dairy farm income stability tools
An 89-page report titled: ‘An evaluation of suitable tools to manage price/income volatility at dairy farm level in Ireland’ was...
Dairy
Are you considering dairy farming?
By Seamus Nolan, dairy advisor, Teagasc Castlerea Since the removal of milk quotas in 2015, there has been increased interest...
Dairy
Farm focus: Milking 355 cows in the midlands
The past presidents of Macra na Feirme, Michael and Catherine Gowing, run a spring-calving dairy enterprise in Scorduff, Co. Offaly. Hailing...
Dairy
Grass advice: Managing grass quality while the sun shines
With the sun on your back – and on the cows’ – dairy farming has to be one of the...
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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
The 40-year journey: How one farmer progressed from manager to owner
Farming on the outskirts of Mallow, Co. Cork, John Fitzgerald mapped his transition from farm manager to owner at a...
Dairy
Revealed: The ups and downs of entering dairying
There are many upsides to entering milk production in a post-quota Ireland. The milk price is good, meaning that a...
Dairy
'Co-ops paying less than 23c/L for milk are underpaying their farmer suppliers'
Co-ops paying less than 23c/L of milk are “demonstrably underpaying” their farmer-suppliers, according to the ICMSA’s Gerald Quain. Against a...
Dairy
Is there a future for the 70-cow dairy herd in Ireland?
The 70-cow dairy herd will be below average, in terms of numbers in 10 years, but can it survive and...
Dairy
Analysis: Experts predict the dairy industry is set to suffer more in the short term
The underlying sentiment at a major dairy conference in London this week was not positive. Working under the banner of...
Dairy
Milk production up by 28% in March compared to 2015
Domestic milk intake by creameries and pasteurisers was estimated at 582.5 million litres for March 2016, according to latest figures...
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Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
Dairy
Dutch dairy farmers will have to cull cows to meet phosphates limits
New EU environmental rules could see dairy farmers in Holland have to reduce the numbers of cows on their farms...
Opinion
Opinion - Do Ireland's processors owe dairy farmers more than what they're currently paying them?
There seems to be a significant disconnect within the dairy industry at the moment, as two of Ireland’s largest dairy...
Dairy
UK Supermarket makes 100 day dairy grazing pledge
Milk suppliers to one of the UK’s largest supermarket chains must now have their cows at grass for at least...
Agri Politics
Shocking video footage puts spotlight on New Zealand's dairy industry
An investigation by New Zealand animal rights group SAFE has put the country’s dairy industry under the spotlight. SAFE is...