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Have a planned market outlet for your weanlings
Have a planned market outlet for your weanlings

If you want to succeed in any business these days, then a plan is needed. The business of farming is...

Poll: Does the collection of levies create a conflict of interest? 
Poll: Does the collection of levies create a conflict of interest? 

Farmers hand over substantial amounts of money in levies to farm organisations though their milk or beef cheques. These voluntary...

Shortening dairy cows’ gestation by 10 days
Shortening dairy cows’ gestation by 10 days

In a world-first, New Zealand’s Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) has released a new genetics solution which will shorten the period...

Grazing infrastructure pays dividends
Grazing infrastructure pays dividends

A recent farm walk was held on the dairy farm of John and George Hanna, Downpatrick. They demonstrated how the...

Comment: Time to review Fonterra’s sacred cow?
Comment: Time to review Fonterra’s sacred cow?

There’s a cow – not an elephant – in the room where New Zealand’s trade performance is discussed. The cow...

Key June grass advice for beef farmers
Key June grass advice for beef farmers

Maintaining good quality swards in June is key, according to the Management Notes on grassland management on beef farmers for June...

Factors affecting cattle fertility
Factors affecting cattle fertility

Last week I had the opportunity of attending the International Cattle Fertility Conference in Westport Co. Mayo. This is the...

China beef imports witness almost four-fold increase
China beef imports witness almost four-fold increase

Nick McIlroy, Shanghai Office, Bord Bia-Irish Food Board A new report released by Rabobank forecasts Chinese beef imports to grow...

Cattle out, bales in at Greenmount!
Cattle out, bales in at Greenmount!

By Dr Norman Weatherup, Senior Grassland Technologist, CAFRE, Greenmount The damp and generally mild conditions over winter permitted considerable grass...

Shorts at the ready…
Shorts at the ready…

What a week! There has been good growth rates, cows have been milking well and surpluses arising. This week we...

Remove PI cattle before the breeding season begins
Remove PI cattle before the breeding season begins

Dr David Graham, Programme Manager for Biosecure Diseases, Animal Health Ireland. The prompt removal of PI cattle by culling of...

Winter cereals
Winter cereals

The View from Northern Ireland: Following a good autumn most winter cereal crops are well established with the exception of late...

‘Focus on feed rate not yield per cow’
‘Focus on feed rate not yield per cow’

The View from Northern Ireland: Focus on feed rate not yield per cow. This was the key message from a dairy cow...

Looking forward to a prosperous 2014
Looking forward to a prosperous 2014

Agriland does not like odd numbers – so on that basis alone, let’s wish a cheerful goodbye to 2013 and...

Total confinement Vs pasture systems: What does the science say?
Total confinement Vs pasture systems: What does the science say?

COMMENT: There is considerable interest in the use of total confinement and zero-grazing dairy systems. This interest has spiked in recent...

Soil testing shows value
Soil testing shows value

The View from Teagasc: The demise of the sugar beet crop led many farmers to move from crop rotation to cereal monoculture. Soil...

Top Stories This Week
Top Stories This Week

Top Stories This Week Co-op mergers key for dairy expansion – minister Strathroy applies for NDC membership Mart mergers on...

Efficient milk production on Ardboe dairy farm
Efficient milk production on Ardboe dairy farm

The View from Northern Ireland: Winter feeding and the efficiency with which a winter feed programme is managed has a major...