Fertility

Soil scheme highlights continued need for lime

NI's Soil Nutrient Health Scheme has so far, highlighted significant potential to improve soil fertility and farm productivity.

NORTHERN IRELAND 4 November 2026

Soil scheme highlights continued need for lime

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Warning from English bluetongue experience

Warning from English bluetongue experience

NORTHERN IRELAND 4 November 2026

Irish dairy breeding: how our genetic progress compares internationally

Irish dairy breeding: how our genetic progress compares internationally

DAIRY DAY 4 November 2026

Farmer Writes: 'still wading through grass' with meal down to 2kg per cow

Farmer Writes: 'still wading through grass' with meal down to 2kg per cow

Farmer Writes: 'still wading through grass' with meal down to 2kg per cow

FARMER WRITES 28 October 2026

High health and welfare on M&S farm

High health and welfare on M&S farm

High health and welfare on M&S farm

NORTHERN IRELAND 14 October 2026

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Selecting bulls for winter milk

Selecting bulls for winter milk

Breeding time for autumn-calving herds is creeping up fast and allowing time to pick the right bulls is important, writes Daire Cregg.

WINTER MILK 26 September 2026

Dairy Management: managing SCC and reviewing the breeding season

Dairy Management: managing SCC and reviewing the breeding season

Brendan Horan writes about how to reduce SCC on farms this autumn and looks back on the 2026 breeding season.

MANAGEMENT 9 September 2026

Finishing strong after breeding season winds down

Finishing strong after breeding season winds down

In terms of end-of-season fertility analysis, it's essential that farmers keep good records and put all inseminations on the ICBF database, writes Brendan Horan.

MANAGEMENT 17 August 2026

Young dairy farmer sets sights on 120-cow herd after going full-time

Young dairy farmer sets sights on 120-cow herd after going full-time

Aidan Brennan visits the Casey farm at Kiskeam as part of the judging for the Kinisla Milk Quality and Sustainability competition.

MILK QUALITY 12 August 2026

Maternal genetics and management key to success at IGA beef walk

Maternal genetics and management key to success at IGA beef walk

Sebena Moynaghs’s pedigree Charolais herd blows most commercial enterprises out of the water with regard kilos of beef produced per ha as well as the 370-day calving interval of the herd.

GRASS & FEEDING 5 August 2026

Fertility coach offers hope for couples trying to conceive

Fertility coach offers hope for couples trying to conceive

Helena Tubridy shares expert advice on the emotional journey to parenthood, writes Claire Murrihy.

HEALTH 29 July 2026

How succession helped transform the O'Gorman family farm

How succession helped transform the O'Gorman family farm

A crowd of over 600 turned out to the Irish Grassland’s summer tour in the Nire Valley of West Waterford on Tuesday to hear O’ Gorman family story, Daire Cregg reports.

NEWS 22 July 2026

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