Dairy
LacPatrick increases December milk price
LacPatrick co-op has announced that it will be increasing its milk price by 1c/L for December supplies. This will leave...
Dairy
Dairy
Higher milk prices and lower feed prices drive US milk production up in 2016
Milk production in the 23 major milk producing States during December totaled 16.8 billion pounds, up 2.4% from December 2015, the...
Dairy
Holstein heifer calf sells for over €175,000 in Australia
A Holstein heifer calf recently sold for $251,000 (€177,500) at an auction in Australia, breaking the previous national record. The two-month-old...
Dairy
Aurivo the latest co-op to increase December milk price
Aurivo has increased its December milk price by 1c/L, a spokesperson for the co-op has confirmed. This will bring Aurivo’s...
Beef
Limousin and Charolais lead the way in Northern calf registrations
Limousin and Charolais accounted for 52.3% of calf registrations in Northern Ireland in 2016, figures from the Livestock and Meat Commission...
N.Ireland
North's 'beef from grass' projects oversubscribed by nearly 170%
Over 80 farmers in Northern Ireland have applied to take part in AgriSearch’s two new, on-farm research projects – an over-subscription...
Dairy
Dairy farmers to stage protest in Brussels later this month
European dairy farmers are to stage a day of action later this month in Brussels to demand a permanent crisis instrument...
Dairy
Value of Irish dairy exports to the UK drops 10% in 2016
A decline of over 10% was recorded in the value of Irish dairy exports in 2016 to the UK at...
Dairy
Empty rates in cows fall threefold as farmers improve heat detection skills
The percentage of empty cows in a herd at the end of the year has fallen to between 6-7% in the...
Dairy
Pics: Triplet calves get 2017 calving season off to a start on one farm
One farmer arrived out to his shed yesterday evening to the surprise of triplet Holstein Friesian calves, two bulls and...
Dairy
'Selective dry cow therapy is the future for dairy'
Selective dry cow therapy will be used as a key driver in bringing down the quantities of antibiotics used within...
Dairy
Dairy cow numbers falling in Germany
Dairy cattle numbers in Germany are dropping, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) in the UK has reported. The...
Dairy
November milk price in the North close to 6c/L higher compared to 2015
Dairy farmers in Northern Ireland have seen farm gate milk prices in November rise by 4.95p/L (5.8c/L) compared to the...
N.Ireland
November milk price in the North close to 6c/L higher compared to 2015
Dairy farmers in Northern Ireland have seen farm gate milk prices in November rise by 4.95p/L (5.8c/L) compared to the...
Dairy
‘No sale’ on latest skimmed milk powder (SMP) tender
EU Member States have agreed on not selling skimmed milk powder (SMP) out of public intervention this week. This decision...
Dairy
Consumption of cows' milk on a 'downward trend'
EU consumption of cows’ drinking milk is on a downward trend, because of a change in life style but also...
Dairy
'Almost one in five dairy cows will succumb to lameness each year'
Approximately 20% of dairy cows in Ireland will succumb to one form or other of lameness problem during any 12-month...
Dairy
Kiwi milk output 'will struggle' over the coming months
Poor spring weather, rather than the effect of the recent earthquake, will determine the scale of New Zealand milk output...
