Dairy
New Zealand dairy cull up 21% - strong beef price and low milk price to blame
New Zealand dairy cull cow numbers have increased as farmers take advantage of higher beef prices. The cull cow kill...
Dairy
New Zealand dairy cull cow numbers have increased as farmers take advantage of higher beef prices. The cull cow kill...
Dairy
Heifer care is often overlooked when it comes to digital dermatitis management, experts say. Digital dermatitis often leads to lameness,...
Dairy
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has opened its new plant in the Netherlands which will process 1 billion litres of...
Dairy
The process of expansion is a stressful time for new entrant dairy farmers, said Patrick Gowing of the Teagasc Dairy...
Dairy
Increasing the current intervention price for dairy products would be counter-productive the EU Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan has said....
Dairy
A cash prize of €10,000 is up for grabs at the 2015 Diageo Baileys Irish Champion Cow Competition which is now...
Beef
Badger culling is to shortly begin in the second year of a test, vaccinate or remove (TVR) wildlife intervention research project,...
Dairy
The world dairy market has adjusted to the Russian ban on imports of food products from the EU, says Ornua...
Beef
Lungworm infection or hoose is one of the most important respiratory diseases of cattle in Ireland, Animal Health Ireland (AHI) says....
Dairy
Sexed semen demand has been lower than expected in 2015. This is primarily due to the lower milk price farmers...
Dairy
Farmers need to get over the stigma of location when it comes to growing grass, Teagasc’s Michael O’Donovan told farmers...
Dairy
Cows in the herd over 200 days milking should have a condition score at the moment of 2.5, Michael Garvey...
Dairy
The European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan is living in an ‘ivory tower’ and is not recognising the economic pressures...
Dairy
BVD test results continue to be received at ICBF and there have been 1.89m results received since January 1 2015. Since the...
Dairy
New Zealand bank ASB has cut its 2015/2016 milk price forecast to $5.00/kg after the Global Dairy Trade tumbled for...
Dairy
By pushing for high-quality grass this month and taking out the 1-2kg concentrate per day, a typical 100-cow dairy herd...
Dairy
The Global Dairy Trade has fallen again, for the 8th consecutive time. At its latest auction, today (July 1) the...
Dairy
Continuing low milk prices are putting real pressure on farm cash flow with fertiliser and contractor bills to be paid,...