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Beef
National cattle herd over 170,000 head lower on 1 August 2024
Darren Carty
The number of dairy and dairy-cross animals was almost 160,000 head lower with dairy cow or replacement heifer numbers falling by 80,000 head and dairy males by a similar figure.
25 September 2024 Breeding & health
New cattle vaccine for pneumonia strain
Adam Woods has new of a new pneumonia vaccine on the Irish market.
21 September 2024 News
Agri jobs: Donegal mushroom farm looking for two workers
There is an abundance of jobs on offer in the dairy and mushroom sector both in Ireland and abroad.
Teagasc breeding pedigree bulls for AI
Nevan McKiernan has details of a Teagasc project which aims to breed elite pedigree Aberdeen Angus bulls for the dairy herd.
11 September 2024 Breeding & health
Summit needed to draft roadmap for farming - ICMSA
A long-term strategy for agriculture from farm to processor level, and across all the enterprises, is urgently needed, said ICMSA leader Denis Drennan.
4 September 2024 News
Cow tech driving fertility for Legendairy Holsteins
Dairy farmers Dale and Vicki Byers held a farmwalk last week, to demonstrate the role of technology in managing their 150-cow herd.
4 September 2024 Northern Ireland
Agri jobs: farm manager wanted at Carlow rehabilitation facility
A wide variety of sectors are looking for new recruits in Munster and the midlands.
31 August 2024 News
Carefully cutting inputs from dairying
William Chesnutt is one of the speakers at next week's Fields Good festival in Glenarm.
28 August 2024 Northern Ireland
New Zealand has passed ‘peak cow’ period
New Zealand’s chief scientist for land and water said he does not think the number of dairy cows in the country will grow in the future.
24 August 2024 News
Strong appetite for Irish cattle for export
Adam Woods takes a look at the latest live export figures and what the rest of 2024 looks like in terms of numbers leaving the country.
14 August 2024 Marts
Cattle genotyping programme to re-open next week
Over 10,600 farmers are currently enrolled in the scheme and over 1.3 million animals have been genotyped to date.
2 August 2024 News
Lowest cow numbers since 2015
The dip in dairy cow numbers for the first time since quotas ended adds to the ongoing decline of the suckler herd.
2 August 2024 News