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Dairy Management: training heifers and dosing cows

Aidan Brennan says its important to train in-calf heifers to the milking parlour and surroundings prior to calving.

MANAGEMENT 30 December 2025

Dairy Management: training heifers and dosing cows

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Department update stocking rate rules

Department update stocking rate rules

MANAGEMENT 30 December 2025

Dairy management: silage stocks and vaccines

Dairy management: silage stocks and vaccines

MANAGEMENT 24 December 2025

November prices back 27% on 2024

November prices back 27% on 2024

November prices back 27% on 2024

MARKETS 23 December 2025

Dairy Trends: a bad ending to a great year

Dairy Trends: a bad ending to a great year

Dairy Trends: a bad ending to a great year

MARKETS 23 December 2025

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Dairy Management: bull selection for 2026

Dairy Management: bull selection for 2026

Ballycampion Dannyboy tops the list of EBI for bulls at the November EBI evaluation, writes Aidan Brennan.

MANAGEMENT 10 December 2025

Dairy Management: new stocking rate rules explained

Dairy Management: new stocking rate rules explained

Aidan Brennan writes that the new rules around moving slurry and stocking rates will affect farmers with higher milking platform stocking rates.

MANAGEMENT 10 December 2025

Dairy management: body condition scoring and getting ready for spring

Dairy management: body condition scoring and getting ready for spring

Aidan Brennan writes that silage quality for the dry period will have a huge bearing on cow body condition score next spring.

MANAGEMENT 10 December 2025

Next steps for the derogation war

Next steps for the derogation war

Aidan Brennan looks ahead to some of the challenges facing Ireland as it embarks on the plan to retain the derogation after 2028.

NEWS 10 December 2025

Dairy Trends: GDT auction records another big drop

Dairy Trends: GDT auction records another big drop

The Global Dairy Trade auction fell by a whopping 4.4% this week, following on from a 4.3% cut at the last auction.

MARKETS 10 December 2025

Scope for new nitrates derogation after 2028

Scope for new nitrates derogation after 2028

Welcoming the derogation extension, Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon said the Habitats Directive needs to be re-looked at.

NEWS 10 December 2025

Dairy Management: auto-enrolment, milk quality and registering wells

Dairy Management: auto-enrolment, milk quality and registering wells

Aidan Brennan looks at the implications of the new auto-enrolment scheme which will affect all farmers who have employees.

MANAGEMENT 10 December 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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