“Organised by farmers for farmers” could be one of the mottos of the National Dairy Show, which will be held for the 30th time on October 20 at its usual indoor venue in the Green Glens Arena, Millstreet, Co Cork.

Efficient Irish dairy farmers will be ideally placed to capitalise on the global sales opportunities that will emerge post-expansion, according to leading industry experts.

The Emerald Expo 2012 is now one of the great landmark shows on the annual agricultural calendar organised by the Irish Holstein Friesian Association in association with Alltech Ireland.

Different systems of dairying can be successful, under different circumstances.

THE annual recognition award presented by National Dairy Show organisers Cork Holstein Friesian Breeders Club has gone to ex-chief executive of the Irish Holstein Friesian Association, Kevin Dillon.

KILKENNY members will help out, and will be on the Macra stand, at the Emerald Expo 2011 livestock and trade exhibition at the Hub/Cillin Hill Mart complex in Kilkenny on April 29 and 30.

MORE than 3,000 dairy farmers and their families attended the Irish Holstein Friesian Association (IHFA) open day on the farm of Thomas and Michael Buckley at Ballinahina, Dublin Pike, near Cork city.

PEDIGREE cattle breeding could provide a new outlet for investors worried about the turbulence in the world financial markets.

EXPERTS on the management and breeding of profitable and high-yielding cows will address the World Holstein Friesian Conference in Killarney today and tomorrow.

MEETING the needs of delegates from 40 countries will come easy to the main sponsors of the 2008 World Holstein Friesian Federation Conference and Show in Killarney and Millstreet.

BRINGING the World Holstein Friesian Conference to Ireland represents the realisation of a long-held ambition for Kevin Dillon, who will step down shortly as the chief executive of the Irish Holstein Friesian Association.

THE use of AI to breed dairy replacements has increased from 35% to 50%, according to the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation.

THE 26th national dairy show at Green Glens in Millstreet is being elevated this year to world status.

THE Irish Holstein Friesian Association (IHFA) has announced the appointment of Charles Gallagher, Ballycarroll, Portlaoise, Co Laois, as its incoming chief executive.

PEDIGREE breeding can be the route to financial benefits and easier dairy farming, according to the Irish Holstein Friesian Association.

THE new chairman of the Irish Holstein Friesian Association (IHFA) is Richard Whelan, Towlaght, Clonard, Enfield, Co Meath.

CO Dublin breeder Cyril Dowling showed the senior champion of last weekend’s National Spring Fair at Naas, Co Kildare.

CATTLE breeders from Kerry, Roscommon, Clare, Cork, Donegal and Offaly were honoured at the 2007 RDS Champion of Champions awards presentation.

ONE of the features of the silver jubilee National Dairy Show at Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, Co Cork, tomorrow will be the Irish Examiner Forum, where a wide range of topics will be discussed.

PAUL MURPHY of Banteer was the champion handler in the annual calf show held recently by the Young Members Association of the Irish Holstein Friesian Association in Cork.

A BROTHER and sister from Portlaoise, Co Laois, have won the top prizes in this year’s Macra na Feirme dairy stock judging competition, sponsored by the Irish Dairy Board and held at the Irish Holstein Friesian Association (IHFA) Open Day on the farm of Michael McDonnell, Cannontown, Termonfeckin, Co Louth.

A RECORD attendance of more than 20,000 flocked to Charleville’s two-day agricultural show last weekend to view some of the finest sport horses and livestock, and a huge range of attractions ranging from modified cars to pets.

THE late Joe Clarke would have been pleased that some of the finest cattle in the country were being shown and judged at Charleville Agricultural Show just as he was being laid to rest in Limerick on Saturday.

CO CORK dairy breeder Peter Kingston will take on all-comers at the 5th European Holstein Show this weekend with his Quintana Melissa Grand, the February 2004 European champion at the Agribex Show in Brussels, having won the Irish Examiner Farming Supreme Championship at Millstreet a few months previously.

IT’S been a very good July for Church Cross, Skibbereen dairy farmer Jerry Hegarty. A couple of weeks ago he won his second All-Ireland Intermediate Road-bowling title in a titanic man-to-man struggle with Ulster champion Harry Toal.

A ROSETTE from the Agribex European Championship in Brussels would be the ideal St Valentine’s Day gift for the owners of ten of Ireland’s most impressive dairy cows.

DAIRY farmers can enhance the value of their herds and qualify for higher payments in the event of a disease breakdown, "at minimal cost", according to the Irish Holstein Friesian Association.