Milk recording

Top five priorities for dairy farmers this week

Dairy farms are exceptionally busy at the moment but getting certain tasks checked off will be important over the coming week, writes Daire Cregg.

MANAGEMENT 4 March 2026

Top five priorities for dairy farmers this week

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Dairy Management: milk price cuts will affect margin

Dairy Management: milk price cuts will affect margin

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Dairy Management: managing somatic cell count this autumn

Dairy Management: managing somatic cell count this autumn

Daire Cregg looks at solutions to solving high cell count issues as national average SCC rises to 184,000 cells/ml.

MANAGEMENT 19 March 2025

Farmer Writes: grass growth is fairly bleak

Farmer Writes: grass growth is fairly bleak

Padraig Callanan discusses grass growth on his farm (or lack thereof) treating E coli mastitis and reseeding.

FARMER WRITES 19 March 2025

Dairy Management: grass growth and dealing with mastitis

Dairy Management: grass growth and dealing with mastitis

Aidan Brennan says about half of the country is heading into a grass deficit scenario brought about by soil moisture deficits.

MANAGEMENT 19 March 2025

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 19 March 2025

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 19 March 2025

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 19 March 2025

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 19 March 2025

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Advice for supporting gut health

Taking a preventative approach to scours and supplying calves with targeted health products during digestive disturbance are essential for sustained growth.

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