Prioritise short term investment towards areas of maximum return — cows, grazing infrastructure, soil fertility — expanding dairy farmers have been advised by Pat Dillon, Head of Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Programme, Teagasc.

Growing economic prosperity in many emerging markets present opportunities for increased exports of high quality, safe, and sustainable Irish beef.

Industry leaders took time to honour an agrifood legend with the launch of the €4.5m Paddy O’Keeffe Innovation Centre at the Teagasc campus in Moorepark, Fermoy, Co Cork.

A taxi driver forced to drive at knife point by a convicted rapist, has described the ordeal as the "most traumatic event of his life".

Vets need to be excellent data managers to work with farmers in preempting herd health problems and optimising farm output, says one specialist Danish vet.

THERE is little doubting that Ireland can achieve the 2020 target of a 50% increase in milk production.

DAIRY research can help farmers meet ambitious expansion goals for the sector, those attending the Ballyhaise Agricultural College open day heard yesterday.

THE FACT that imports make up one in every four litres of milk being sold in Ireland did nothing to dent the upbeat mood of the thousands of young farmers attending yesterday’s Teagasc Moore-park ’11 in Fermoy, Co Cork.

THE youthful age profile of the record 8,000 visitors to yesterday’s Teagasc Moorepark 2011 conference in Fermoy, Co Cork, was a clear signal of the expansion ambitions and opportunities in the dairy sector.

TILLAGE farmers converting to dairy will be among those attending today’s Teagasc open day on the Greenfield Dairy Farm, Dunbell, Clara, Co Kilkenny.

GENOMIC cattle tests costing just €50 could lead to a dramatic quality upgrade for the Irish herd, following a Teagasc breakthrough worth a collective €115 million a year to Irish farmers.

DAIRY farmers are outraged that Tipperary Co-op cut their September milk price at a time when producers in other jurisdictions are enjoying far higher returns, according to Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) dairy committee chairman Pat McCormack.

DAIRY farm businesses cannot afford to wait for global economic recovery to resume their business growth according to Teagasc Pat Dillon, head of the Teagasc Animal Production and Grassland Research Centre, was writing in the current issue of Moorepark News.

‘APPALLING’ quality of dairy detergent sterilisers used in Ireland has been revealed by Teagasc.

TEAGASC is bringing its ruminant animal and grassland research programme into a single centre as part of its change programme.

DAIRY farmers will be provided with clear guidelines at Moorepark ‘09 tomorrow on how to cope with the difficulties their sector is facing.

A TOTAL of 200,000 litres of milk quota will be allocated to new entrants to dairying under a new scheme announced yesterday by Agriculture Minister Brendan Smith.

COPA, the European farmers union, is to mount a major demonstration in Luxembourg on June 22 to demand immediate action on dairy farm incomes.

DAIRY farmers were urged yesterday to use the next five to six years to prepare their farm businesses for a freer market in the longer term.

THE latest science and technology available to help the Irish dairy industry to compete even more successfully on world markets will be outlined by Teagasc at an open day on Thursday.

HOW to make eight cent more per litre of milk will be addressed at the Moorepark 07 Open Day on Thursday, June 21.

THE early abolition of the European Union milk quota may be beneficial to the Irish dairy industry in that it would allow dairy farmers who are eager to expand to do so and possibly facilitate growth in milk production, it was suggested at the Teagasc national dairy conference in Limerick yesterday.

IT IS critical to provide farmers with an indication of how long milk quotas will remain, given that they are now in a position where they must decide for themselves the value of milk quota under the new quota exchange.

THE mother of murdered Cork woman Gráinne Dillon has spoken out about the failure of the legal system to include families like hers in the judicial process.

AN increase in the dairy research levy contributed by farmers will have the specific target of reducing the overall cost of milk production.

The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) has warned that the country’s co-op farmers cannot afford to take any milk price cuts next year.