Dairy
Watch: Hay crane enhancing feed efficiency for Montbeliarde herd
High quality forage and feed efficiency through a hay crane is the driver of solids and profitability on this family...
Milk Solids
Dairy
Dairy Focus: High protein percentage for cheese production in France
This week’s Dairy Focus takes us to another farm in France where the farmer focuses on achieving a high protein...
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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
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
Ensuring quality milk as the housing period gets closer
As we get closer to the housing period for cows and towards the end of the lactation, ensuring quality milk...
Dairy
Tirlán milk solids tracker: Scale of new entrants 'in decline'
The dairy industry as a whole has undergone a significant transformation in the last decade, with milk solids and volume...
Dairy
Does the milking interval have an effect on milk yield?
Many dairy farmers get hung up on the milking interval, as traditionally the 10 to 12 hour split used to...
Dairy
Dairy focus: Finding the appropriate stocking rate
Finding the appropriate farm stocking rate is crucial in order to take full advantage of your cow’s genetic potential, grow...
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Dairy Focus: Improving fertility and milk solids through EBI
For this week’s Dairy Focus, Agriland made the trip to Co. Laois to meet with Trevor Cobbe on his dairy...
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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 Technical
Grass clover swards are a win-win for farmers
Grass clover swards were originally seen as a way of increasing milk solids from cows, but the use of clover...
N.Ireland
Milk composition a 'lost opportunity' for NI's dairy sector
Northern Ireland’s poor milk composition is costing farmers poor milk prices, according to Agri Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) researcher...
Dairy
More milk and milk solids from grass-clover swards - but TMR diets lead the way
Results of a recent research trial undertaken by Teagasc researchers in Moorepark, Co. Cork, were presented at the Grass-Fed Dairy...
Dairy
Dairy focus: Keeping efficiencies to the fore when moving from 165 to 275 cows
Eamonn and Darren Healy entered a dairy farming partnership in 2009. In the intervening period, their business has undergone substantial...
Dairy
Dairy focus: Driving 'black and white' production from grass in Co. Westmeath
Farming in Moyvoughly, Moate, Co. Westmeath, Joe and Carmel O’Rourke plan to milk a herd of 220 Holstein/British Friesian cows...
Dairy
Top 33% of farms produced 7,000L more milk per hectare in 2016
Irish dairy farms produced, on average, 11,087L/ha of milk in 2016, according to Teagasc National Farm Survey. This is a...
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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...
