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Environment
Teagasc has updated its Nutrient Management Plan (NMP) online system to reflect proposed changes...
A number of potential mitigation measures for farmers affected by changes to nitrates regulations...
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As autumn approaches, Irish dairy farmers enter one of the most critical periods of the production...
The reduction in the nitrates derogation from 250kg to 220kg of organic nitrogen (N)/ha is a major...
The recent changes to the nitrates regulations will have an impact on all farms in Ireland, no...
Dairy News
A professor of public health has questioned why the maximum stocking rate under derogation is set...
Contract rearing of heifers has become quite common in recent years but is there further growth...
Agri-Business
The individual stocking rates for farmers for schemes under the new Common Agricultural Policy...
Optimising stocking rate was a key point highlighted at the Irish Grassland Association (IGA)...
Farmers must weigh up the cost versus the productivity of marginal cows and consider the efficiency...
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed has "resisted interfering" with the...
Average dairy herd size - in the last decade - has increased from 50 cows to around 75 cows,...
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Increasing cow numbers beyond what your farm can carry will severely impact profitability, contrary...
Under Irish grazing systems, dairy farmers try to achieve the perfect balance between cow and land...
