Lameness

Lameness costs average dairy farmer €8,750 per year - AHI

Lameness costs the Irish dairy industry €129m annually, according to assistant professor at the school of veterinary medicine in UCD Eoin Ryan.

NEWS 5 July 2025

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AHI launches cow lameness video series

AHI launches cow lameness video series

NEWS 3 July 2025

New AHI plan to tackle dairy cow lameness

New AHI plan to tackle dairy cow lameness

NEWS 16 June 2025

Important year for genotyped ram action

Important year for genotyped ram action

Important year for genotyped ram action

AGRI-SCHEMES 16 June 2025

Sheep Management: lameness treatment, shearing delays and rush control

Sheep Management: lameness treatment, shearing delays and rush control

Sheep Management: lameness treatment, shearing delays and rush control

MANAGEMENT 11 June 2025

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Donegal farmers invent new hoof care system

Donegal farmers invent new hoof care system

Aidan Brennan visited Co Donegal where three farmers have come together to invent a new method of preventing and treating lameness.

ANIMAL HEALTH 18 September 2024

How to spot a sick dairy cow in spring

How to spot a sick dairy cow in spring

As calving ramps up on dairy farms, Aidan Brennan takes a look at some of the signs of a sick cow.

MANAGEMENT 18 September 2024

Young Stock Podcast: ewe need some patience for sheep

Young Stock Podcast: ewe need some patience for sheep

This week, Martin Merrick talks to PhD student Jake Delaney on all things sheep, from his home farm to his studies in Athenry on lameness.

PODCAST 18 September 2024

Sheep Management: housing ewes, closing targets and feeding early lambing ewes

Sheep Management: housing ewes, closing targets and feeding early lambing ewes

With grass reserves depleting rapidly in recent weeks, many highly stocked flocks have found housing is on the horizon for all or a portion of ewes.

MANAGEMENT 18 September 2024

Welcome to the Dairy Dragons

Welcome to the Dairy Dragons

The much-coveted Dairy Dragons returns with three companies vying for €50,000 in virtual cash.

DAIRY DAY 18 September 2024

Four new agriculture EIP projects receive funding

Four new agriculture EIP projects receive funding

Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue and Minister of State Senator Pippa Hackett made confirmed the funding for the four projects.

NEWS 18 September 2024

Dairy Management: grass growth continues to disappoint

Dairy Management: grass growth continues to disappoint

Grass growth rates continue to disappoint, leading to increased fears of a fodder deficit next spring

MANAGEMENT 18 September 2024

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Netherlands a key market for Irish exports

Phelim O’Neill talks to Laura Crowley, who heads the Bord Bia office in the Netherlands and has lived in the country for 20 years, to find out why and how the Dutch market matters for Irish farmers.

Netherlands a key market for Irish exports

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