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Essentials of milk parlour checks and servicing
Martin Merrick
Martin Merrick details some key advice in keeping your milking parlour in top condition for the latter stages of lactation.
2 October 2024 Northern Ireland
Keeping a solid focus on grass-based milk
A recent discussion group meeting on the Harbison farm focused on what is being done to increase milk solids. Kieran Mailey reports.
28 September 2024 Milk quality
Top-class performance in the Kingdom
The McCarthy family are achieving excellent performance while protecting and enhancing the farm's environmental credentials
Farming on the banks of the Blackwater in north Cork
North Cork Co-Op suppliers Denis and Brian O'Connell have adapted their farming techniques to protect water quality.
28 September 2024 Milk quality
Two NI milk payment models compared
Kieran Mailey looks at what differences dairy farmers can expect between the two payment models operating in NI.
25 September 2024 Northern Ireland
NI milk league: Dale Farm rises to the top in August
Dale Farm has moved to the top of the NI milk for August, thanks to a 3p/l increase on base price.
25 September 2024 Northern Ireland
NI milk league: Dale Farm and Tirlán lead one million-litre leagues
Dale Farm and Tirlan dominate the monthly milk league for dairy farmers supplying 1m litres annually
25 September 2024 Northern Ireland
Excellence on show in the rolling hills of Eyrecourt
The Larkin farm epitomises all that is good about family farming, with good technical performance and a good work/life balance
25 September 2024 Milk quality
Liquid milk producers delivering the goods
The Dillane father and son partnership produce liquid milk all year round for Lee Strand Co-Op in Kerry
25 September 2024 Milk quality
Red and white cows in Wicklow
The Somers' family are milking Montbeliarde cows near Arklow in Co. Wicklow and supply liquid milk to Tirlan
25 September 2024 Milk quality
Premier performance in Tipperary
The Kennedy family from Cahir in Co. Tipperary are milking 398 cows and supply milk to Dairygold Co-Op
25 September 2024 Milk quality
Drinagh suppliers exhibit spirit of excellence
The Lynch family are milking 183 cows on a 262 acre farm near Skibbereen in west Cork and supplying milk to Drinagh Co-Op
25 September 2024 Milk quality