Dairy
Major dairy processor declares interest in LacPatrick venture
Northern Ireland’s largest farmer-owned milk processor has declared an interest in a potential venture with LacPatrick, AgriLand can reveal. A...
Dairy
Dairy
Major dairy processor declares interest in LacPatrick venture
Northern Ireland’s largest farmer-owned milk processor has declared an interest in a potential venture with LacPatrick, AgriLand can reveal. A...
N.Ireland
First case of bovine Schmallenberg confirmed in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland’s first case of bovine foetal deformity due to Schmallenberg virus in 2018 has been confirmed in a stillborn calf...
Dairy
LacPatrick’s potential suitors: Who might be interested and why?
Bosses at LacPatrick may be eyeing up a slice of Glanbia and Lakeland’s cross-border milk as part of the firm’s...
Dairy
Grant awarded to develop a multiplex rapid test for mastitis
Glasgow’s School of Veterinary Medicine and a UK diagnostic test manufacturer have been awarded more than £800,000 (€926,000) to develop...
Dairy
Grant awarded to develop a multiplex rapid test for mastitis
Glasgow’s School of Veterinary Medicine and a UK diagnostic test manufacturer have been awarded more than £800,000 (€926,000) to develop...
Dairy
Board of LacPatrick Dairies 'considering a merger'
The board of LacPatrick Dairies is considering a merger to consolidate the dairy industry, it has been confirmed today. Following...
N.Ireland
Dale Farm makes March milk price announcement
The board of Northern Ireland’s largest milk processor – Dale Farm – met to set a price for March milk...
Dairy
Could putting your heifers in calf first cut down on stragglers?
Serving cows who are likely to take longer to cycle – such as heifers – ahead of the rest of...
Dairy
Could putting your heifers in calf first cut down on stragglers?
Serving cows who are likely to take longer to cycle – such as heifers – ahead of the rest of...
N.Ireland
Milk price behind farming's financial recovery
Recovery in the milk price is helping drive an improvement in the fortunes of Northern Ireland’s farming sector, according to...
Dairy
Milk price behind farming’s financial recovery
Recovery in the milk price is helping drive an improvement in the fortunes of Northern Ireland’s farming sector, according to...
Dairy
Dairying: 'We have lost the plot in Northern Ireland'
Northern Ireland dairy farmers are on average getting less than half the industry’s target for milk from forage, according to...
Dairy
Dairying: ‘We have lost the plot in Northern Ireland’
Northern Ireland dairy farmers are on average getting less than half the industry’s target for milk from forage, according to...
Dairy
200 new entrants join Lakeland in last half-decade
Around 200 farmers new to dairying joined the island’s second largest dairy co-operative over the last five years. The figure...
Dairy
200 new entrants join Lakeland in last half-decade
Around 200 farmers new to dairying joined the island’s second largest dairy co-operative over the last five years. The figure...
N.Ireland
Fodder woes could lead to higher resorption rates
The tough fodder conditions facing many Irish farmers are expected to lead to an increase in abortions in livestock this...
Dairy
Operating profit more than doubles at Lakeland Dairies in 2017
Profits at Lakeland Dairies – one of the island’s largest milk processors – have more than doubled in just a...
