Daire Cregg

dcregg@farmersjournal.ie

Price fluctuations hot topic at Teagasc National Dairy Conference 2025

Daire Cregg reviews some of the key takeaways from last weeks Teagasc National Dairy Conference.

MANAGEMENT 3 December 2025

Price fluctuations hot topic at Teagasc National Dairy Conference 2025

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Managing replacement heifers this winter

Managing replacement heifers this winter

MANAGEMENT 3 December 2025

Dairy Day 2025 - surviving dry summers

Dairy Day 2025 - surviving dry summers

MANAGEMENT 26 November 2025

Closing covers and planning for spring

Closing covers and planning for spring

Closing covers and planning for spring

MANAGEMENT 26 November 2025

Highlights from Dairy Day 2025

Highlights from Dairy Day 2025

Highlights from Dairy Day 2025

MANAGEMENT 19 November 2025

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A focus on winter-milk production in Cavan

A focus on winter-milk production in Cavan

As part of Teagasc winter milk week of on-farm events, Daire Cregg travelled to the farm of Gerard Donohoe and Conor McCaffrey in Cavan.

NEWS 6 November 2025

Focus on average farm cover the priority

Focus on average farm cover the priority

Daire Cregg gives a roundup of the grass situation across the country this week.

GRASS & FEEDING 6 November 2025

View from abroad: a visit to Svejo Dairy farm in Sweden

View from abroad: a visit to Svejo Dairy farm in Sweden

Daire Cregg reports from a recent trip to Sweden in which he visited the Carlsson family who are milking 280 cows across a 570ha platform.

DAIRY DAY 6 November 2025

Managing people on Irish dairy farms

Managing people on Irish dairy farms

Looking forward to this years event, Daire Cregg discusses another one of the panel discussions that will be taking place at Dairy Day 2025.

DAIRY DAY 6 November 2025

Twenty ways to spend €20,000

Twenty ways to spend €20,000

At Dairy Day 2025, we will look at some of the best investments out there following on from the recent Irish Farmers Journal 20 ways to spend €20,000 series.

DAIRY DAY 6 November 2025

Twenty ways to spend €20,000: transforming herd with poor genetics

Twenty ways to spend €20,000: transforming herd with poor genetics

Purchasing heifers with excellent genetics to replace poor-performing cows can transform a herd, writes Daire Cregg in this week's edition of the 'Twenty ways to spend €20,000' series.

NEWS 6 November 2025

Building low-cost infrastructure

Building low-cost infrastructure

In the run up to Dairy Day 2025, Daire Cregg discusses the low-cost infrastructure session that will be taking place on the day.

DAIRY DAY 6 November 2025

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