Following the highly successful “Focus for 150” dry cow workshops last winter, the breeding seminars will take farmers through the final phase of the 150-day plan to prepare their herd to get back in calf.

Mark Redmond is optimistic. There is a new climate of positivity about the Irish economy — even the Central Bank has revised upwards its forecast for economic growth this year, explaining that surging job creation is bringing Ireland back within sight of full employment.

The Pro-Til Xzact striptill precision seeder by British manufacturer Mzuri Ltd was the big winner in the innovation awards in association with the recent LAMMA 18 machinery show in England, which had to be shortened due to bad weather.

Liam de Paor reports from the Livestock Event 2016 in Birmingham, where Brexit was the big topic for UK farmers

The deserts can be transformed if everyone makes one change. That was the “One Vision advanced at One: The Alltech Ideas Conference, in Kentucky last month.

Keenan mixer wagon users can look forward to continuing improvement in the machines, following the purchase of the company by Alltech.

US-headquartered animal nutrition group Alltech has acquired Keenan Systems, the cattle feed machinery firm in Borris, Co Carlow.

A University of Limerick student, from West Cork, is to represent Europe at an international young scientist competition.

Ireland eventing manager Nick Turner believes “there’s a lot to look forward to”, as he announced his squad for September’s European Championships at Blair Castle, Scotland.

Millstreet in Co Cork will resound to the hoof-beats of more than 1,200 equines this week, as the Cork town stages its annual international horse show.

Single errors for both Denis Lynch and tyro Bertram Allen kept the Irish duo out of the shake-up in the grand prix in Lyon, France, yesterday.

Beef farmers can boost their profitability by predicting rather than reacting to demand, says Dr Pearse Lyons, president and founder of animal health and nutrition company Alltech.

Global animal health and nutrition company Alltech has appointed Dr Tugrul Durali as Asia-Pacific technical manager for its mycotoxin management team.

Animal husbandry can be just as profitable with the use of algae and other alternative feeds and the exclusion of antibiotic growth promoters in feed, say leading scientists.

The global feed industry is rising to the challenge presented by a surge in population growth, states Alltech’s Global Feed Tonnage Survey 2013.

Entrepreneurs do not do MBAs; entrepreneurship is not about getting it right, but getting it going, keynote speaker Pearse Lyons told the Cork Chamber annual dinner last night.

Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale, a hand-crafted Irish-American beer, is making its debut at today’s Irish Craft Beer festival in the RDS, in Ballsbridge, Dublin.

Kentucky-based animal health and nutrition group Alltech is moving part of its whiskey business to Ireland, birthplace of the company’s president and founder, Dr Pearse Lyons.