Milk Recording

Top tips for a successful dry period

Daire Cregg reports some of the top tips for a stress-free dry period that were discussed on a recent AHI CellCheck webinar.

MANAGEMENT 10 December 2025

Top tips for a successful dry period

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Dairy Management: milk price cuts will affect margin

Dairy Management: milk price cuts will affect margin

MANAGEMENT 22 October 2025

Dairy Management: managing somatic cell count this autumn

Dairy Management: managing somatic cell count this autumn

MANAGEMENT 10 September 2025

Farmer Writes: grass growth is fairly bleak

Farmer Writes: grass growth is fairly bleak

Farmer Writes: grass growth is fairly bleak

FARMER WRITES 20 August 2025

Dairy Management: grass growth and dealing with mastitis

Dairy Management: grass growth and dealing with mastitis

Dairy Management: grass growth and dealing with mastitis

MANAGEMENT 13 August 2025

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Watch: keeping the focus on grass in Castleisland

Watch: keeping the focus on grass in Castleisland

John and Rachel O’Connor are milking 100 cows in a spring calving, grass based system in Currans, Co Kerry.

MILK QUALITY 1 January 1970

Doing the basics well in Limerick

Doing the basics well in Limerick

Daire Cregg reports from the Fox farm walk in Bulgaden, Co. Limerick, winners of the Kerry Agribusiness milk quality and sustainability awards for 2024

GRASS & FEEDING 1 January 1970

Farmer Writes: grass is flying it

Farmer Writes: grass is flying it

All cows are calved now, and they’re on 4kg of a breeder nut along with an allocation of 17kg DM of grass.

FARMER WRITES 1 January 1970

Dairy management: Grass, milk recording and maiden heifers

Dairy management: Grass, milk recording and maiden heifers

Aidan Brennan takes a look at tight grass supplies on dairy farms and asks what farmers who have a high proportion of the farm grazed can do to keep grass in the diet.

MANAGEMENT 1 January 1970

Department raises specification levels for all dairy units

Department raises specification levels for all dairy units

Specifications have been revamped for dairy units, which mainly concern wiring and the connection of generators.

BUILDINGS 1 January 1970

Dairy Management: the importance of a grass budget

Dairy Management: the importance of a grass budget

Aidan Brennan says that just looking at area based targets for grazing can be too crude, especially where grass covers are lower than planned.

MANAGEMENT 1 January 1970

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Ireland’s organic beef and lamb on European stage

The EU’s action plan for organic farming aims to achieve 25% of EU agricultural land under organic production by 2030.

Ireland’s organic beef and lamb on European stage