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Route to market for organic produce
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With organic farming now using 5% of Irish farm land with a target of growing to 10% Emmet Doyle, Organic sector manager Bord Bia reports on finding markets for this expanding category.
Route to market for organic produce
Be on your guard for scouring calves
28 November 2024 Advertisers' anouncements
Be on your guard for scouring calves
Calf scour is the most common disease of dairy-bred calves, but by maximising immune function and minimising your calves’ exposure to the problem, you can make your rearing unit more resilient.
Getting through the first SBLAS audit
26 November 2024 Advertisers' anouncements
Getting through the first SBLAS audit
Damien Murray, Origin Green Producer Liaison & Standard Co-Coordinator gives a step by step guide for new suckler members of SBLAS facing their first audit.
Selective dry cow therapy at Lisduff Holsteins
John O’Sullivan milks approximately 400 pedigree Holstein Friesian cows in Whitechurch, Co Cork. He farms alongside his father John Snr, his brother Victor and farm manager Dave McGrath.
15 November 2024 Advertisers' anouncements
Bennettsbridge Limestone’s Cubicle Lime: boosting cow comfort and milk yield
Bennettsbridge Limestone’s Cubicle Lime is a unique disinfectant-style product which has been formulated using a blend of superfine limestone powder and hydrated lime.
31 October 2024 Advertisers' anouncements
Protect your calves: a new approach to cryptosporidiosis control
Neonatal calf diarrhoea or calf scour is consistently the number one cause of death in calves less than one month of age in Ireland.
28 October 2024 Advertisers' anouncements
Turning waste into opportunity: how anaerobic digestion benefits Irish farmers
Agriculture has always been at the heart of rural Ireland, providing food, livelihoods and community cohesion.
25 October 2024 Advertisers' anouncements
Continued strong demand for land from farmers
Susan Maher, agricultural development manager (southeast and midlands) at Bank of Ireland and recently appointed president of the ASA, discusses the key trends the bank is seeing in the agri sector.
24 October 2024 Advertisers' anouncements
Volac Milk Replacers launches new 50% skim milk-based product
Volac Milk Replacers Limited has launched a new skim milk-based calf milk replacer product to meet demand from farmers for this type of dairy protein formulation.
21 October 2024 Advertisers' anouncements
GAIN Autumn Extender success on Offaly dairy farm
Dairy farmers Tom and Thomas Mather operate a spring calving system, milking 108 Holstein Friesian cows.
18 October 2024 Advertisers' anouncements
Doramex and Moxodex pour-on a no-brainer for Ireland rugby star
With cattle housing just around the corner, parasitic infections are a top concern for farmers. Leinster and Ireland rugby legend Seán O’Brien knows this all too well.
17 October 2024 Advertisers' anouncements
Reducing stress on man and beast
Justin Walsh runs a one-man operation and manages a herd of 95 beef cows and heifers at the foot of the Hill of Tara in Co Meath, along with his farming business, Justin also weighs cattle for ICBF.
4 October 2024 Advertisers' anouncements