Efficiency does not mean “cutting corners”, with producing high-quality milk key.

Last year, the Government agreed a pathway to a 51% cut in economy-wide emissions by 2030

Ireland will soon be able to boast a €43m world-first national cattle genotyping programme.

The figure of €3,000 per cow has been touted, with the model suggesting 65,000 dairy cows being taken out of the system each year from 2024 to 2026

Using high levels of nitrogen fertiliser late in the season can predispose plants to nitrate accumulation.

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It looks like late May and Early June of this year will be very similar to 2022, when it got dry very fast.  The rain has disappeared very quickly and ground is drying up rapidly.

The 16th annual Aurivo Milk Quality Awards took place recently. 

The longer summer evenings bring longer walks to paddocks, and after an extended spring inside, it has been a recipe for disaster for hoof health on our farm, writes farm vet Hazell Mullins.

The global livestock sector is estimated to be responsible for 7. 1 GtCO2 equivalent every year – just under 15% of the global total a recent Chatham House report warned.

Some mysterious virus affecting the cows, yet to be named, is being blamed in some quarters while others are blaming feed quality

THE impact of the falling birth rate in China on the infant milk formula industry in Ireland was raised in the Dáil. Ireland is one of the leading manufacturers of infant formula.

A Carbery spokesperson said the reduction in base price is based on continuing weakness in dairy markets.

Tirlán will pay a total of 40.08c per litre including Vat for April creamery milk supplies at 3.6% butterfat and 3.3% protein.

Kerry Group has announced it will pay 0.9c per litre in respect of all qualifying milk solids supplied under contracts last year.

Diarmaid Mac Colgáin, founder of farmer price-locking app Concept Dairy, said that the problem for farmers lies with input prices "having come down internationally, but haven't been passed on to farm level yet"

A small survey of dairy farmers last January indicated that many didn't know exactly how much nitrogen they spread per hectare.

Dairygold has confirmed that the April quoted milk price is 40c per litre.

One of the most important ratings for any bull is docility, as safety on the farm is paramount to any carcass quality, writes farm vet Hazell Mullins.

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We try to limit the amount of hedge-cutting we undertake, allowing more flowers for the many hives of bees that live on-farm, writes Aherla dairy farmer Paula Hynes.

Research has shown that the average dairy farmer can improve net profitability by at least one cent per litre, with better mastitis control, reducing SCC to an achievable and sustainable level.

Breeding kick-started on May 1, with ten cows served on the first day of breeding. My goal is to have a three-week submission rate of 90%, which is vital for me to hit my target six-week calving rate of 90% next spring.

They are the fifth and sixth schemes to open under TAMS 3. 

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