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Dairy Management: time to do a cashflow budget

In a year of poor milk price, cashflow budgeting is a simple tool any farm business can use to track income and costs, which will help to guide good decision making, writes Daire Cregg.

MANAGEMENT 4 June 2026

Dairy Management: time to do a cashflow budget

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Carroll family achieving excellence in Limerick

Carroll family achieving excellence in Limerick

MANAGEMENT 3 June 2026

Should you cut surplus paddocks in wet weather?

Should you cut surplus paddocks in wet weather?

MANAGEMENT 3 June 2026

Dairy management: dealing with stemmy grass

Dairy management: dealing with stemmy grass

Dairy management: dealing with stemmy grass

MANAGEMENT 1 June 2026

Key lessons from DairyCon 2026

Key lessons from DairyCon 2026

Key lessons from DairyCon 2026

MANAGEMENT 27 May 2026

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Dairy Management: water flow, feeding rates and picking beef bulls

Dairy Management: water flow, feeding rates and picking beef bulls

Aidan Brennan says now that growth rates have improved, now is the time to cut back on concentrate feeding.

MANAGEMENT 13 May 2026

Dairy Management: heat stress and dropping milk fat percentages

Dairy Management: heat stress and dropping milk fat percentages

In this week's management tips, Daire Cregg looks at how to manage heat stress in cows and why milk fat percentage takes a hit at this time of year.

MANAGEMENT 13 May 2026

Dairy Management: managing cows in hot weather

Dairy Management: managing cows in hot weather

Aidan Brennan outlines some steps dairy farmers should be taking to manage cows during the spell of hot weather.

MANAGEMENT 13 May 2026

Dairy Management: maiden heifers, silage and milk prices

Dairy Management: maiden heifers, silage and milk prices

Aidan Brennan looks at the best way to manage repeats in heifers, which have been bred using synchronisation

MANAGEMENT 13 May 2026

Dairy Management: monitoring breeding performance

Dairy Management: monitoring breeding performance

As dairy herds go past the three-week breeding mark, it's time to monitor performance writes Aidan Brennan.

MANAGEMENT 13 May 2026

Dairy management: Silage, clover and silage

Dairy management: Silage, clover and silage

Aidan Brennan takes a look at how much nitrogen farmers should be spreading for the summer months

MANAGEMENT 13 May 2026

What is the cost of grazing higher covers?

What is the cost of grazing higher covers?

Milk yield and milk protein are significantly impacted by grass quality and pre-grazing yield. Daire Cregg looks at the costs of not getting it right.

MANAGEMENT 13 May 2026

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'For many of the children, it was their first time on a farm'

Wicklow dairy farmer welcomed students as part of a National Dairy Council initiative, which saw 1,500 pupils across Ireland visit working dairy farms during May.

'For many of the children, it was their first time on a farm'

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