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The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has posted a marginal increase in index in its latest auction. The most recent tender – event…
Meat and dairy felt the love in lockdown, helping boost food and drink retail sales to record levels this Valentine’s Day – up…
The World Dairy Expo will go ahead in the US this year after “thorough consideration”, its organisers have said. The event had been…
Irish veterinary consultant Dr. Tommy Heffernan has highlighted the need for everyone entering a livestock farm, to wash and dip their boots in…
A 2020 survey carried out in the UK has confirmed that one in three dairy farmers do not fully implement biosecurity protocols. The…
One environmental issue on the horizon is climate change and how dairy farms can reduce their carbon footprint. Brian Finch, an agri-environment advisor…
A nationwide stock judging competition which tasked farmers with ranking six dairy heifers on their potential profitability has highlighted how traditional means of…
A novel bovine TB and Johne’s test, which boasts quicker and more accurate results, has secured £2.3 million funding for full World Organisation for Animal…
Dairy farmers are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit staff, with some producers potentially being forced to leave the industry due to a…
Issues with mixed origin milk remains a thorn in the side of the cross-border food industry, but are likely to be a “lower…
The organsiers of Dairy-Tech, the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF), has said the event will return as normal for 2022, taking…
A collaborative study has made a breakthrough characterising new immune cells in cattle which could change how livestock diseases are treated. The cells…
Carnaross Mart, based in Co. Meath, hosted its monthly dairy sale last Wednesday (March 17), with the sale consisting of 110 lots being brought…
New research led by Queen’s University Belfast has found that total confinement systems may negatively impact the ‘optimism’ of dairy cows. The research…
To help meet the demand from dairy farmers looking to expand, DeLaval has launched its ‘Think Big’ initiative. According to Teagasc National Farm…
A group of northern dairy farmers have called for their processors to follow suit with Glanbia Ireland, which this week announced it would…
Glanbia Ireland has told northern milk suppliers it plans to move to solids-based pricing by 2024. The butterfat base level was 3.8-3.84%. However,…
The island’s milk pool faces a “ridiculous scenario” where milk produced in the Republic of Ireland is often no longer deemed Irish if…
