N.Ireland
'Northern dairy farmers should not have to cut production'
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is not supporting calls for dairy farmers in Northern Ireland to cut back production levels,...
N.Ireland
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is not supporting calls for dairy farmers in Northern Ireland to cut back production levels,...
Dairy
FrieslandCampina has held its guaranteed price for raw milk supplies for February at €29.25 per 100kg, which is the equivalent...
Dairy
Food commodity prices for January 2016 dropped by 16% on January last year, the latest figures from the Food and Agriculture...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland milk volumes increased last year on 2014 by 2.7%, figures from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development...
World News
US cattle numbers are on the up, with increases in numbers recorded in both the dairy and beef herds, the...
Dairy
Dairy product prices decreased by 7.4% at today’s Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction. This is the third consecutive drop in...
Dairy
Ireland is continuing to offer dairy product into intervention, with 631t offered to the measure in the most recent week....
Dairy
Dairy farmers in Northern Ireland could be offered the option of cutting their milk production levels, in lieu of a pro-rata...
Dairy
Two in-calf cows on a Co. Cork dairy farm had their ears torn off them after they were attacked by...
Dairy
Irish dairy farmers must strive to improve grassland output and utilisation in 2016, according to Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) advisor...
Dairy
In 2015, US milk production was up 1.2% on 2014 while December milk production was up 0.7%, according to the...
Dairy
There is definitely going to be more pain ahead in the dairy market, according to Theo Spierings, the Fonterra CEO. Speaking...
Dairy
Milk treated with ultraviolet (UV) radiation after pasteurisation has been deemed ‘safe’ under the intended conditions of use as specified by the...
Dairy
The second Global Dairy Trade auction of 2016 has recorded a drop of 1.4% on the last auction held on...
N.Ireland
Beef sired calf registrations in Northern Ireland during 2015 totalled 338,378 head, an 8% increase on the 312,818 registered in the North...
Environment
A new report released today has identified 1.08m hectares of land currently used for agriculture that it says would be ‘better suited’...
Dairy
Lungworm outbreaks in adult cows can cost €160 per cow, according to Fergal Morris of MSD Animal Health. He says that...
Dairy
Domestic milk intake by creameries and pasteurisers was estimated at 352.1m litres for November 2015, according to the latest figures...