Environment
Defra: How to deal with this summer's dry weather
With predicted heat waves due over the coming weeks, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is advising...
Dairy
Dairy
Contagious animal disease detected in France for first time
An outbreak of contagious lumpy skin disease (LSD) has been confirmed for the first time in France yesterday, June 29,...
N.Ireland
Red clover silage: Similar yields, quality with 2.3x less nitrogen
As part of ita ZeroNsile project, AgriSearch recently held a farm walk on red clover establishment on the farm of...
Dairy
Locomotion scoring cows to keep milk production up this summer
Lameness is a huge problem on Irish dairy farms and can seriously impact on costs and profits, and so identifying...
Dairy
Parasite control to keep replacement heifer calves on target
Parasite control at this time of the year for your replacement heifer calves is crucial for your next generation of...
Dairy
Dairy advice: Time to service your milking machine
As farms quieten down between the first and second cut of silage, you should be looking into servicing your milking...
Dairy
Dairy advice: Controlling Johne’s disease this summer
Johne’s disease is an incurable infection in cattle that can devastate a dairy herd’s production. It is caused by paratuberculosis,...
Dairy
Watch out for signs of summer scour syndrome in grazing calves
Many calves are out grazing at the moment, and they can all seem fit and healthy before suddenly taking a...
Agri-Business
Latest DEFRA figures show agriculture profits boost
The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs’s (DEFRA) latest figures show a profitability boost for the 2024 fiscal year....
Dairy
Considerations when wrapping up AI and letting stock bulls out
A couple of weeks into the breeding season, a lot of farmers will begin to wrap artificial insemination (AI) and...
Dairy
Block calving systems trend continues across GB - AHDB
Co-ordinated block calving systems are on the rise across Great Britain, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)....
Dairy
Being efficient and hygienic in the parlour during mid-season
Most cows will be served by now and a lot of first cuts of silage will be in, meaning that...
N.Ireland
Almost 200 attend webinar launch of NI NAP impact calculator
Almost 200 farmers and other stakeholders from the agri-food industry attended an AgriSearch webinar this week to launch AgriSearch’s NAP...
Agri-Business
Fonterra reports jump in profits, confirms forecast milk price
Fonterra has announced a profit after tax of NZ$1.158 billion in the third quarter (Q3), up NZ$119 million or 11%...
Dairy
Topping and spraying: Mid-summer weed control is needed
Weed control can often prove a difficult task at this time of the year as when grass growths really begin...
Dairy
Taking hold of cell counts and identifying the problem cows
We are now approaching the mid-lactation and things will begin to ease off as less cows are getting served, though...
Dairy
Monitoring heifer calf targets as young stock let out to grass
Heifer calf targets must not be forgotten about in the midst of breeding and silage cutting season, as many calves...
Dairy
Dairy advice: Topping paddocks to correct grass quality
As the grass plant hits the reproductive stage, topping (disc mowing) paddocks to correct grass quality once the cows have...
