Agri-Business
A University College Dublin (UCD) student has been announced as the winner of the 2025...
Dairy Focus
Since 2018 Berell Farm Ltd has been using innovative technology to monitor and track cows' health and well-being.
The number of dairy cows in Ireland stood at 1,481,300 in December 2024, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
Dairy
USDA announced a national milk testing strategy to address the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) H5N1 in dairy cattle.
Beef
Irish cow numbers as of September 1, 2024, is over 78,000 head below the same date of 2023, latest figures from the...
Dairy News
Iowa has become the tenth US state to have confirmed a case of avian influenza (bird flu) in a dairy cow herd, according to officials.
Pig/Poultry
The number of pigs in Ireland in December 2023 was down by 10.4% when compared with the same month in the previous year, the CSO said.
Rural Life
The number of dairy cows in the country increased in June by 1.2% to 1,646,600 according to latest figures from the CSO.
The IFA has claimed that a dairy exit scheme would restrict the growth of dairy farms that are not in the scheme.
N.Ireland
Researchers from the University of Bristol have received funding to investigate whether artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to detect disease in dairy cows earlier.
The ICMSA has said that it will consider a voluntary scheme to reduce dairy cow numbers as long as three "red line" conditions are met.
Dairy Industry Ireland (DII), the body that represents dairy processors, has said it cannot support a dairy exit scheme.
The ICBF has confirmed that a total of 3,658 dairy herds have signed up to the National Genotyping Programme (NGP).
The much anticipated inter-breed sheep championship at Ballymena Show 2023 was won by an eye catching Charollais ewe lamb
A new research project focussed on the issue of dairy cow heat stress has received a £1.24 million funding boost.
Dairy Technical
Scotland in 2021 had a dairy cow population of 174,000 head, while Co. Tipperary had a population of 187,300 dairy cows.
"A balanced cow with strength" is what the judge of the 2022 Diageo Baileys Champion Dairy Cow competition will be looking for.
Having fresh, clean water for dairy cows to drink is a key part of producing high-quality milk on Irish dairy farms.
The well-known farm based in Co. Westmeath belonging to David Clarke and more commonly known as...
Selective breeding can reduce the methane intensity of dairy cows by up to 24% by 2050 through...
Adding a negative economic value for methane could facilitate a substantial reduction in methane emissions, a study on dairy breeding says.
With many farms drying off cows at present, consideration should be given to the body condition of the herd.
At this stage, a proportion of cows in spring-calving dairy herds have been dried off or at least they should have been anyway.
