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John Joyce: An anti-backing bar will improve handling and safety in the cattle crush
Eamon O’Connell: Fighting crypto can be a losing battle – but there’s light at the end of the tunnel
Cork dairy farmers protest outside Tanaiste’s office over Nitrates Derogation ‘lack of flexibility’
Gerard Sherlock: How I’m dealing with the nightmare of TB
How edible plant-based baling wrap could cut plastic use, reduce emissions and save time for farmers
Why milk recording is a ‘no-brainer’ for this Wexford farmer – ‘it helps us make so many key decisions on the farm’
Eamon O’Connell: How to avoid costly mistakes when administering antibiotics, dosing products and dry-cow minerals
Henry Walsh: Big drop in fertiliser use raises major alarm bells
Gerry Giggins: Feed alternatives, bedding alternatives – how to get round this year’s straw shortages
‘Significantly more’ derogation herds required to reduce to 220kg N/ha from January 2025
Dairy farmers drive borrowings with demand for land
‘Flawed logic that emissions from stag parties’ flights don’t matter but those from dairying do’
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Eamon O’Connell: We have enough costly diseases in the country without importing any more
Tirlán announce a fixed milk price scheme for 2024 with option to fix inputs
Gillian O’Sullivan: We used 32pc less N, grew more grass and saved €5k by switching to foliar nitrogen
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: Why failing in my dairy partnership might be the best thing I’ve ever done
Peter Hynes: Why we are considering a slight cut in cow numbers
Eamon O’Connell: From troughs in the ‘wrong’ place to quality issues – why getting water right is vital on the farm
Lakeland Dairies launches sustainability incentive payment worth 0.5c/L
Mike Brady: The dairy boom is over — but does that mean you need to reduce cow numbers?
Gerard Sherlock: Stress from this year’s weather affected my end of season fertility report
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Coveney rejects ‘false context’ quotes from Agriculture Minister tenure, concedes dairy expansion is over
Livestock farmers face a perfect storm for liver and rumen fluke – here’s how to deal with them
Henry Walsh: Spreading slurry is getting more and more difficult
McConalogue bombarded with furious letters from public after RTÉ calf documentary
Why this Wexford farmer reckons closing off paddocks is worth €1/cow/day to him
Cutting dairy herd sizes by 10pc on some farms ‘mightn’t be worst thing in the world’, Teagasc advises
Lakeland Dairies launches 40.5c/L fixed milk price scheme
‘I can’t remember the last time I cried, but I certainly did that night’ – vet Eamon O’Connell on having to put down his ‘faithful co-pilot’ Cosco
Gillian O’Sullivan: French focus on profitability over production puts spotlight on our cost control
Smallest farms worst hit in cut to Nitrates derogation, new figures show
Watch: ‘CowToilet’ invention promises solution to Ireland’s ammonia emissions
Underlying dairy demand firmer, but downside risks remain
Peter Hynes: Irish dairy is in danger of falling behind our competitors
‘Absolutely immoral’ to cull 40,000 surplus in-calf cows due to Nitrates Derogation cut
Gerard Sherlock: It’s all about learning – in the classroom, on a top-class pedigree farm and from a leading cheesemaker
Vet's Diary: Can I have my ball back please – when foreign objects cause mayhem on the farm
Fonterra raises milk price forecast post gain in global dairy prices
Area impacted by cut to Nitrates Derogation to be reduced by 6%
Henry Walsh: Is it possible that one day we won’t be able to sell all our milk?
Nitrates zones map changes may see more farms keep 250kg status
Eamon O’Connell: How I used one cow as a blood donor when her comrade was bleeding from her milk vein
Ireland’s dairy herd expands by almost 20,000 cows in a year, despite nitrates pressure
Gerry Giggins: How to make the most of your maize crop
Banks have stress tested dairy loans around cut in Nitrates Derogation
Dairy exit scheme understood to be ‘dead in the water’
AIB stress tested cut to Nitrates Derogation but says dairying ‘absolutely’ has a positive outlook
Slurry spreading period to be extended by one week, Ministers confirm
Angus Woods: Farm orgs need to wise up and work with the Minister or we’ll end up with no derogation at all
Selling cull cows earlier – what the nitrates changes will mean for us
Chinese buyers return to Global Dairy Trade auction boosts prices
Gillian O’Sullivan: Don’t play poker with farm incomes when there are better ways to fix water quality
Dairygold wipes 2.5c/L off suppliers August milk cheque with no improvement in sight
Eamon O’Connell: Scanning and salmonella – don’t count your chickens before they hatch
Pat McCormack: Our family farm members are entitled to look to us for a defence of their farms and income
More milk price cuts announced in latest blow to dairy farmers
Darragh McCullough: Dairy farmers need to comply with the 220kg N/ha limit – and convince the EU it shouldn’t get further reduced
Peter Hynes: Why I won’t be switching to organic any time soon
Lakeland Dairies cuts 1.5c/L for August milk as market pressure bites
‘I told farmers the nitrates derogation cut was going to happen’, Tirlán CEO claims
Milk price fall starting to hit key producers
‘The derogation is no longer safe’ – Henry Walsh
Government should support export and transport of slurry from dairy to tillage sector – report
Darragh McCullough: Can I use my own milk in my coffee shop? Maybe – just go through 250 pages of regulations and fill in endless forms
Sinn Fein supports keeping Nitrates Derogation ‘if water quality can be maintained and improved’
Tánaiste to look at supports for farmers hit by Nitrates Derogation cut
Smaller dairy farmers will be hit hardest by nitrates cut – Peter Hynes
Eamon O’Connell: Pasture management can help control lungworm – but monitoring is the key
Gerard Sherlock: Two beef bulls I sold made good money for my neighbour – so why are so many beef cattle being underfed?
Environment still top of agenda despite €690m milk cheque cut, Tirlán CEO claims
DeLaval hail world’s largest robot batch milking farm
Farm leaders slam McConalogue for 'abject failure' on Nitrates limits and take aim at Government backbench TDs
Improved water quality will be needed for any future Nitrates Derogation, Minister warns
Dairy sector in a ‘very dangerous place’ after Nitrates Derogation cut
Dairy farmers face cuts to cow numbers as EU confirms Nitrates restrictions
‘Dairy farmers are doing enough to hit climate targets’
Eamon O’Connell: They were only dosed a few weeks ago. It can’t be lungworm… or can it?
McConalogue agrees to attend agriculture committee meeting on nitrates derogation
123ac ready-to-go dairy farm in Tipperary guided at €15,000/ac
Henry Walsh: How a farm budget will help you deal with cash-flow issues caused by milk price drop
Farmers may not know if nitrates derogation will be cut until New Year
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: Reaction to EPA meat tweet exposes farmer insecurity
Dairy heifers’ nitrogen output can ‘potentially be ignored’ – Teagasc research
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