Dairy

Darragh McCullough: Can Irish dairy ride out Trump’s tariffs?
Cashel Blue cheesemakers say agility and long-term view can help overcome Donald Trump’s tariffs
10 years on from milk quotas: ‘Dairy farmers now have middle-class incomes – but not middle-class working hours’
Peter Hynes: How to make the most of sexed semen – and pitfalls to avoid
Eamon O’Connell: Dos and don’ts when buying in calves
This farmer celebrated when milk quotas ended – he never thought he’d be retired from farming within a decade
10 years on from milk quotas: Has reality matched promise since Ireland unleashed its natural competitive advantage?
What New Zealand dairy has taught me about the future of Irish farming – Mike Brady
Angus Woods: Why farmers shouldn’t crow too loudly about their role in improving water quality
There are plenty of people who want to do farm work – farmers just need to go and find them
Dairy farming Down Under – lower regs, lower costs but extreme weather and corporate takeover. And you’d miss Teagasc
How this Tipp family get up to €9,200/hd for their cattle
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: I don’t think any farmer truly forgets the trauma of a bad calving experience
Why this Wexford couple switched from milking cows to selling replacement heifers
How to keep on top of the heavy spring workload – write down a list of jobs and tick them off
Pints of Guinness? For me, Paddy’s Day is more about litres of electrolytes to cure scoury calves
Henry Walsh: Every calf has to be reared this year following our TB outbreak – here’s how we are coping
Dairy farming is dying in the UK – we’re an endangered species
Thinking of starting dairying on leased land – can you make the numbers add up?
Department need to get their act together if they want more farmers to sign up for eco schemes

Dairy

Is clearfelling forestry fueling Ireland’s bovine TB crisis?

How I’m saving €81/ha by using protected urea on my clover paddocks

Beef trade a ‘significant factor’ in 80pc drop in calf slaughterings

Gillian O’Sullivan: €8 beef and 56c milk – Now don’t go wrecking it with silly calf prices

Lakeland Dairies warns of ‘damage’ from reforms to UK inheritance tax

Henry Walsh: It’s good to be reminded that the world is not against us farmers

Eamon O’Connell: Abscess, wart, vaccine reaction or TB? What to do if you see a lump on your cattle

Six tips to give every cow and heifer the best chance to go in calf

Eamon O’Connell: A gone-off carton of milk focuses the mind on beestings and farm hygiene

How this Meath auctioneer turned childhood mart visits into selling farms worth millions

Meet the Monaghan students milking cows in -15°C conditions in Missouri

I was losing heart – but the EPA water quality report has re-energised me

Is fixed-time AI and sexed semen worth it? Here are the pros and cons

Darragh McCullough: Can Irish dairy ride out Trump’s tariffs?

Darragh McCullough: Can Irish dairy ride out Trump’s tariffs?

Cashel Blue cheesemakers say agility and long-term view can help overcome Donald Trump’s tariffs

10 years on from milk quotas: ‘Dairy farmers now have middle-class incomes – but not middle-class working hours’

Peter Hynes: How to make the most of sexed semen – and pitfalls to avoid

Eamon O’Connell: Dos and don’ts when buying in calves

This farmer celebrated when milk quotas ended – he never thought he’d be retired from farming within a decade

10 years on from milk quotas: Has reality matched promise since Ireland unleashed its natural competitive advantage?

What New Zealand dairy has taught me about the future of Irish farming – Mike Brady

Angus Woods: Why farmers shouldn’t crow too loudly about their role in improving water quality

There are plenty of people who want to do farm work – farmers just need to go and find them

Dairy farming Down Under – lower regs, lower costs but extreme weather and corporate takeover. And you’d miss Teagasc

How this Tipp family get up to €9,200/hd for their cattle

Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: I don’t think any farmer truly forgets the trauma of a bad calving experience

Why this Wexford couple switched from milking cows to selling replacement heifers

How to keep on top of the heavy spring workload – write down a list of jobs and tick them off

Pints of Guinness? For me, Paddy’s Day is more about litres of electrolytes to cure scoury calves

Henry Walsh: Every calf has to be reared this year following our TB outbreak – here’s how we are coping

Dairy farming is dying in the UK – we’re an endangered species

Thinking of starting dairying on leased land – can you make the numbers add up?

Department need to get their act together if they want more farmers to sign up for eco schemes

Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: Why conventional dairy farmers producers don’t trust the organic companies

Eamon O’Connell: Never assume you know what’s wrong with a sick animal – misdiagnosis can be very costly

How this Carlow farmer plans to maintain his milk cheque while cutting his herd by a quarter

Peter Hynes: Why intellectual property protection of the best bulls is good news for Irish farmers

‘We’ve spent and borrowed a lot – but we’re enjoying it’ – How one Louth family built a successful dairy enterprise

Eamon O’Connell: How to keep your cool if you’re feeling the heat on the farm

How to profit from grass on a dairy farm this spring

Gillian O’Sullivan: Follow these colostrum tips and get healthier calves that become more productive cows

‘Why slurry sampling is as important as soil testing’

Mars joins with Fonterra to cut New Zealand farm emissions

How butter became the gold standard of Irish dairy exports

Lessons we must learn from Storm Éowyn

Eamon O’Connell: Don’t scrimp on milk for your calves – the more they drink, the better they will perform at every stage of their lives

‘We’ve lost €37,000 to TB, but the stress is a lot more taxing’ – this Tipp dairy farmer suffered the ‘fierce blow’ of losing 15 cows

Why this Meath dairy farmer switched to milking goats

Coke's $7 Billion bet on milk hits big

Large dairy farms for lease at €450-550/ac

Miriam Gunn: How we are dealing with the tsunami of extra work that comes with winter milking

China’s birth rate rebound signals boost for Danone’s Irish operations

Fears TB will spread to more wildlife – vet professor scathing on eradication failures

Eamon O’Connell: Have you got the self-discipline to do what’s best for your newborn calves?

Peter Hynes: Why grants for generators on all farms would help everyone in rural Ireland

Inside the Indian dairy business building a 15,000-cow farm

Four key steps this Monaghan dairy farmer has taken to improve his farm

Dairygold rows back on planned loyalty bonus being linked to co-op purchases

Pat McCormack: I know farmers who refused €30/hd for five-week dairy bull calves in 2023, held on and recently got €1,900

Gillian O’Sullivan: Are lower stocking rates the secret to a more profitable dairy farm?

Canada accused of dumping dairy products by rival exporters

Dairy prices predicted to hold steady for 2025 as demand grows globally

Why transition milk should be part of every dairy farmer’s routine this spring

‘The next minister for agriculture must challenge the regulatory system in Brussels’

Henry Walsh: Four months into our TB outbreak, there are still more questions than answers

8 key calving essentials you need to have on the farm this spring

How can we entice younger farmers? ‘Lean Agriculture’ may hold the key

Mike Brady: What will 2025 bring for dairy farmers?

Miriam Gunn: These are the spring-calving changes we made to help save on labour and cost

Global butter supply shortage drives growth in dairy exports

How this young Laois man overcame his father’s sudden death to become one of Ireland’s leading dairy farmers

Dairying can provide ‘even better opportunities than it did 25 years ago’

Key steps to take on your farm in January, so things don’t go to sh*t in spring

Peter Hynes: Why disloyalty to co-ops will backfire on dairy farmers

Rising butter prices give European consumers and bakers a bad taste

Want to be a better boss on your farm? Here’s what I did to make my farm a more attractive place to work

Without a physically and mentally fit farmer, the entire operation falters – why nothing is more important than your own health and wellbeing

Growing interest in female sexed semen and polled genetics – NCBC