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Northern Ireland
Carefully cutting inputs from dairying
Peter McCann
William Chesnutt is one of the speakers at next week's Fields Good festival in Glenarm.
21 August 2024 Farm buildings
Watch: Lisbeg Farms' new greenfield 920-cow dairy unit
The Bourns family farm has undergone a major transformation with the conversion to dairy farming in recent years. Martin Merrick details some of its new facilities.
13 August 2024 News
Dairy sector needs clear roadmap - Lakeland Dairies
Lakeland Dairies sat down with An Taoiseach Simon Harris and Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue at this year’s Tullamore Show.
71% of consumers trust Irish dairy farmers to look after environment - NDC
Trust score up 6% year on year, according to the National Dairy Council.
10 July 2024 News
Male culture still dominates sector
Just one in eight farms are owned and operated by women, with that proportion halving when it comes to the dairy sector.
3 July 2024 Feature
Clouds gathering in Irish dairy sector
Irish dairy has been the success story of the Irish agri economy over the past decade, but that era looks like it is drawing to a close.
23 June 2024 News
Is Kerry name change significant?
You’d be tempted to surmise that Kerry is following the playbook of Kilkenny’s Glanbia cats, and is readying the ground to reverse out of dairying.
19 June 2024 Dealer
Dairying in Australia: lack of ‘red tape’ a draw for Monaghan farmer
Land availability and a lack of environmental regulation drew Monaghan man Brian Corr to Australia. Barry Murphy reports from Australia.
24 April 2024 News
Has the dairy boom run out of road?
Dairy-sector sentiment has been rocked by plummeting milk intakes, depressed global markets, falling processor profits and a poor outlook for farmgate prices.
17 April 2024 Dealer
Lakeland request Government plan to protect derogation
The 'huge uncertainty' around the nitrates derogation has left farmers wondering what the future is for them, Lakeland Dairies’ chair Niall Matthews has said.
12 April 2024 News
No financial sense for dairy to supply AD - Teagasc
It does not make financial sense for dairy farmers to supply grass to an AD plant, Teagasc’s Barry Caslin has said.
10 April 2024 News