Dairy
Calf-rearing: ‘I don’t want the calf to ever know I’m not here’
Reducing heifer calf mortality could lower costs and improve profitability on many UK and Irish dairy farms; yet on some...
Dairy
Dairy
Calf-rearing: ‘I don’t want the calf to ever know I’m not here’
Reducing heifer calf mortality could lower costs and improve profitability on many UK and Irish dairy farms; yet on some...
Agri-Business
NI ‘one of Europe’s highest uptakes’ as World School Milk Day celebrates 20 years
School milk schemes in Northern Ireland last year slurped up almost one million litres of the white stuff, according to...
Agri-Business
NI ‘one of Europe’s highest uptakes’ as World School Milk Day celebrates 20 years
School milk schemes in Northern Ireland last year slurped up almost one million litres of the white stuff, according to...
Dairy
Average milk yield up by nearly 300L/cow
Figures from Kite Consulting’s Milk Monitor Dairy Herd Costings show that average milk yield increased by nearly 300L/cow, in the...
Dairy
Dairy industry facing a shortage of workers after government decision
A last-ditch attempt to get dairy workers included on the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) Shortage Occupation List (SOL) has been...
Beef
TB eradication strategy 'the only light at the end of a very dark tunnel' for farmers
“Many farmers will spend their lives fighting what feels like a losing battle against bovine TB, a devastating disease that...
Agri-Business
UFU and Holstein NI join forces on call for change to milk pricing
Holstein Northern Ireland has backed calls from the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) for processors to consider forward pricing for milk....
Dairy
How we can cut dairy emissions without cutting down on dairy?
Reducing the world’s population of dairy cows would dramatically reduce the greenhouse gas emissions and land demands of milk and...
Dairy
Milk price round-up: What are processors paying for NI’s August milk?
Northern Ireland dairy processors have continued positive trends with their milk prices for August despite concerns of further Covid-linked market...
Dairy
Milk price round-up: What are processors paying for NI’s August milk?
Northern Ireland dairy processors have continued positive trends with their milk prices for August despite concerns of further Covid-linked market...
Dairy
'The hard work will begin' for strengthening the UK dairy sector
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ (Defra’s) 12-week long consultation on “Contractual relationships in the UK dairy industry” closed...
Dairy
Slide in GDT index halted with boost in latest auction
The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has risen in its latest auction, bringing to an end four consecutive decreases The...
Dairy
Dairy farmers have 'borne the brunt' of contracts for 'far too long' - NFU
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has said that flexible and innovative regulation of dairy contracts will help ensure the sector’s sustainability and...
Agri-Business
Clandeboye Estate launches £2 million expansion to quadruple production
Northern Ireland’s only yoghurt maker, Clandeboye Estate, has announced it will invest over £2 million to expand its yoghurt business...
Agri-Business
Clandeboye Estate launches £2 million expansion to quadruple production
Northern Ireland’s only yoghurt maker, Clandeboye Estate, has announced it will invest over £2 million to expand its yoghurt business...
Dairy
MP appeals to farmers to speak out if supermarkets are abusing their power
Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has called on the government to protect small dairy farmers from “predatory” supermarkets. Loder...
Rural Life
Royal Bath & West Society cancels Dairy Show for 2020
Organisers have been forced to cancel one of England’s last hopes of an agricultural show before the end of 2020...
