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Dairy markets: global milk production remains bullish despite uncertainty
Dairy farmers in almost all the large milk producing regions of the world are expanding production so far in 2020.
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Timber shortage threatens future of €500m forestry exports
The IFA has said the Reconstitution and Underplanting Scheme (RUS) is inadequate in compensating forest owners for financial losses they have incurred.
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What CAP changes did MEPs vote for on Tuesday night?
MEPs voted for a number of changes to the next CAP including ring-fencing 30% of countries' direct payment budgets for environmental spending.
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Coronavirus Level 5: what farmers need to know
The Government will move the entire country to the highest alert level to deal with rising COVID-19 cases. Here's what farmers need to know.
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Production starts at Glanbia’s new €400m US cheese plant
Once fully up and running, Glanbia’s new cheese and whey plant in Michigan will have capacity to process 1.3bn litres of milk per annum.
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Dairy markets: global milk production remains bullish despite uncertainty
Dairy farmers in almost all the large milk producing regions of the world are expanding production so far in 2020.
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Use of antibiotics at dry off: a changing landscape
The blanket use of antibiotic dry cow therapy (ADCT) will no longer be the norm on Irish dairy farms, from January 2022, due to changes in EU regulations.
Sheep price update: factories forced to pay for large batches
Many factories continue to quote similar prices to last week, but there is now a wider differential between what factories are quoting and paying.
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Our cooling solutions are the quality choice for Irish Dairy Farmers. Packo Cooling has been designing and producing milk-cooling tanks in Belgium, Ireland and China since the 1960s.
On the road to the future of farming with technology steering the way
A growing global population is adding an ever-increasing pressure on to the world’s agriculture industry as it must produce more and faster, all the while with less space, less time and conditions.
CalfChat opinion divided on pros and cons of automatic v manual calf feeding
Farmer opinion is divided on whether automatic or manual feeding is better for calf rearing, with many rearers believing that the management of a system is more important than the method used.
Use of antibiotics at dry off: a changing landscape
The blanket use of antibiotic dry cow therapy (ADCT) will no longer be the norm on Irish dairy farms, from January 2022, due to changes in EU regulations.
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Gary Abbott recently spent some time with the 37m3 Krone MX 370 GL forage wagon to see how it performed
Grass quality has improved greatly over the last week as the farm received an ideal amount of rain.
Martin Corrigan farms with his father Kevin just outside Belcoo, Co Fermanagh. They run a herd of 27 Simmental cross cows with the farm undergoing some major changes over the past three years.
In today's episode the Irish Farmers Journal's Lorcan Allen speaks to Paul Crosson, John Finn and Sinead Waters on ‘Sustainable Beef Production - Where policy meets practice’. The team also look at what's happening around sustainability on the BRIDE Project in East Cork, in Co. Kilkenny with Teagasc's Catherine Keena. The team also visit Tully Farm in Co. Kildare.
John Egerton stopped breeding his spring-calving cows after seven weeks.
Dairylink Ireland participant Stephen Wallace farms near Seaforde, Co Down.
Adam Woods, Beef & Suckler Editor with the Irish Farmers Journal is joined by Donall Fahy, Bernadette Earley and Alan Dillon from Teagasc who focus on the Grange dairy calf-to-beef system study and the key components that are helping achieve high performance. Adam also pays a visit to Tipperary dairy calf to beef farmer J.P Hammersley to take a look at his system of farming.
Adam Woods, Beef & Suckler Editor with the Irish Farmers Journal is joined by Michael McManus, Bernadette Earley and Alan Twomey from Teagasc. Focusing on the Derrypatrick Herd at the Teagasc Animal and Grassland, Research and Innovation centre, in Grange County Meath, this episode of Beef Talk will look at how it achieves its breeding targets of 100% AI and a very compact calving.
Beef editor Adam Woods speaks to Tullamore Farm manager Shaun Diver about what’s been happening on Tullamore farm over the last few weeks
Teagasc income remains steady for 2019
Despite a drop in income from advisory services and college fees, Teagasc maintained its income at €191.4m for 2019. Lorcan Allen reports
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Pöttinger adds Flowtast option to its 8.4m twin rotor rake
Pöttinger has added the Flowtast glide bar option to its 8.4m Top 842C twin rotor rake for better ground following on wet or peaty soils. Gary Abbott reports.
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Carbon tax will cost us €13,455 per year – contractors
The Farm and Forestry Contractors Association has said contractors have been unfairly penalised with carbon tax increases in Budget 2021.
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EU standing committee recommends temporary MRL for CIPC
Reports suggest that a temporary maximum residue limit (MRL) for the sprout inhibitor chlorpropham has been recommended by the EU’s SCoPAFF
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Coronavirus Level 5: what farmers need to know
The Government will move the entire country to the highest alert level to deal with rising COVID-19 cases. Here's what farmers need to know.
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