Agri-Business
FAO Food Price Index: Rise for meat and dairy in 2024
The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined in December compared to the previous month, led down by a drop...
Dairy
N.Ireland
FFA: IVF calf project to reduce emissions is ‘backward step’
Farmers for Action (FFA) spokesperson William Taylor, has indicated that food security should be the priority for production agriculture not...
Dairy
Introducing Hilda: Could this IVF calf transform the UK dairy industry?
A scientist in Scotland has hailed the birth of an IVF calf, that hails from a research project to develop...
N.Ireland
Spring calving: Setting the season up for success
Now that we have entered 2025 and the Christmas period is beyond us, farmers will be thinking about the upcoming...
N.Ireland
Dairy advice: Developing a herd health plan for 2025
The year is almost behind us, and before the spring calving season gets underway, farmers should develop a herd health...
N.Ireland
FAO issues new guidelines on surveillance of flu in cattle
Amid a wave of reported avian influenza (bird flu) infections of cattle and other mammals, the Food and Agriculture Organization...
N.Ireland
Breeding for improved milk constituents in Northern Ireland
Breeding for improved milk constituents is the future for the milk industry in Northern Ireland. This is the strongly held...
Dairy
Dry cow management: Ensuring cows calve down at correct BCS
As the Christmas period continues on, it is important to be critiquing your dry cow management and ensuring cows are...
N.Ireland
Watch: Comté cheese taste testing in a 100,000 wheel cellar
Agriland visited the cellars of the Fort Saint-Antoine, Fromageries Marcel Petite where 100,000 wheels of Comté cheese are stored and...
N.Ireland
Dairy Throwback: Antrim father and son maximise farm efficiency
As the Christmas period begins, Agriland has decided to revisit some of the most popular and interesting Dairy Focus articles from 2024,...
N.Ireland
Dairy advice: Getting prepared for the calving season
We are nearing the end of December, meaning it won’t be long until the calving season kicks off all over...
Dairy
Dairy advice: Analysing your farm performance for 2024
There is no doubt that 2024 proved to be a challenging year for farmers, and so farmers should be analysing...
N.Ireland
Ukraine dairy sector still investing despite Russian missiles
By Chris McCullough Even though Russian missiles are still targeting dairy farms in Ukraine, the bigger industrial units are investing...
Beef
RVC awarded grants to advance vaccine research into BB and bTB
The Royal Veterinary College (RVC)Â announced it has received two grants from the International Veterinary Vaccinology Network (IVVN) to advance vaccine...
N.Ireland
Familiarising heifers with milking facilities this winter
Familiarising heifers with the milking facilities and getting them parlour trained is the final piece of the puzzle for getting...
Dairy
Confirmed bluetongue cases in GB rise to 185 – Defra
The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has today (Sunday, December 15) confirmed that the total number of...
N.Ireland
Has heifer mastitis been an issue on your farm?
Calving down and heifer mastitis, or in some scenarios, having a blind quarter, can be a massive issue on farms....
Dairy
9,000gns achieved at the 38th edition of the Black & White sale
The 38th edition of the Black & White sale held at the Borderway Sale Centre attracted a massive crowd of dairy...
