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Dairy Day 2025 - surviving dry summers

Daire Cregg reports from the Dairy Day 2025 panel discussion on surviving dry summers with an insight from both Ireland and New Zealand.

MANAGEMENT 26 November 2025

Dairy Day 2025 - surviving dry summers

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Beef Management: front loading concentrates, Teagasc Beef conference and more

Beef Management: front loading concentrates, Teagasc Beef conference and more

MANAGEMENT 12 November 2025

Milk realignment to cost Dale Farm this winter

Milk realignment to cost Dale Farm this winter

NORTHERN IRELAND 29 October 2025

Beef management: lime, closing paddocks and silage testing

Beef management: lime, closing paddocks and silage testing

Beef management: lime, closing paddocks and silage testing

MANAGEMENT 15 October 2025

Good times in drystock can’t leave tillage behind

Good times in drystock can’t leave tillage behind

Good times in drystock can’t leave tillage behind

WINTER FEED 11 October 2025

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Country split again after heavy rain

Country split again after heavy rain

Daire Cregg looks at the grass situation on farms this week after heavy rain last weekend.

GRASS & FEEDING 14 April 2025

Summer’s end brings badly needed rain

Summer’s end brings badly needed rain

Daire Cregg looks at the grass situation on farms across the country this week.

GRASS & FEEDING 14 April 2025

Tirlán offers meal rebate in bid to avoid 'sharp drop in milk output'

Tirlán offers meal rebate in bid to avoid 'sharp drop in milk output'

Farmers supplying the co-op have taken a grass growth hit from recent spells of dry weather.

NEWS 14 April 2025

Farmer Writes: weighing up options to finish dairy beef

Farmer Writes: weighing up options to finish dairy beef

If Derek Robinson is to secure a £75 headage payment, his dairy beef bullocks will need to be finished over the winter.

FARMER WRITES 14 April 2025

€75/cow payment in Beef Welfare Scheme

€75/cow payment in Beef Welfare Scheme

The payment can be maximised by completing mandatory meal feeding action along with two more voluntary actions.

NEWS 14 April 2025

How much ration to feed this summer?

How much ration to feed this summer?

Aidan Brennan looks at the economics of feeding meal to dairy cows this summer and explains why good grassland management is key.

GRASS & FEEDING 14 April 2025

Clare Macra to host association's annual general meeting

Clare Macra to host association's annual general meeting

The event will include reports and discussion of motions and recommendations as well as the handover to the newly elected presidential team.

NEWS 14 April 2025

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Udder Vital Bolus can be used for animals with somatic cell count problems and during the transition period.

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