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Evaluating stocking rate for 2026

With the current cost of production higher than milk price, optimising stocking rate in 2026 could have a very positive effect on farm profitability.

MANAGEMENT 24 December 2025

Evaluating stocking rate for 2026

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Dairy Management: new stocking rate rules explained

Dairy Management: new stocking rate rules explained

MANAGEMENT 22 December 2025

From the ground up: couple with non-farming backgrounds build 500-cow herd

From the ground up: couple with non-farming backgrounds build 500-cow herd

MANAGEMENT 10 December 2025

Farmer Writes: Irish farmers paying the price for EU red tape

Farmer Writes: Irish farmers paying the price for EU red tape

Farmer Writes: Irish farmers paying the price for EU red tape

FARMER WRITES 26 November 2025

My Farming Week: Darren Buttimer, Knockskeagh, Lyre, Clonakilty, Co Cork

My Farming Week: Darren Buttimer, Knockskeagh, Lyre, Clonakilty, Co Cork

My Farming Week: Darren Buttimer, Knockskeagh, Lyre, Clonakilty, Co Cork

NEWS 26 November 2025

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Twenty ways to spend €20,000: land purchase

Twenty ways to spend €20,000: land purchase

Land purchase will easily break a €20,000 budget, but it' something farmers are always interested in hearing about. In this week's edition of the series, we look at the returns from land purchase.

NEWS 20 August 2025

Nitrates plan demands extra slurry storage

Nitrates plan demands extra slurry storage

The average dairy farmer with slurry storage space currently just at the regulatory requirement will need to spend around €21,000 to upgrade facilities in today’s prices.

NEWS 20 August 2025

New slurry rules to cost 100-cow herd €21,000

New slurry rules to cost 100-cow herd €21,000

Dairy farmers are to be hit with increased slurry storage requirements which they will have under three years to comply with.

NEWS 20 August 2025

Farmer Writes: price cuts hard to swallow

Farmer Writes: price cuts hard to swallow

The lack of transparency around pricing structures is frustrating. Where is the value going in the supply chain?

FARMER WRITES 20 August 2025

Ireland facing 200,000 cow cull if derogation lost

Ireland facing 200,000 cow cull if derogation lost

The economic cost at farm level to the various mitigation strategies open to dairy farmers was examined in the Teagasc report, writes Aidan Brennan.

NEWS 20 August 2025

Farmer Writes: dry weather hitting milk yields

Farmer Writes: dry weather hitting milk yields

The average farm cover per cow is hovering at 160kg DM/LU, which is leaving little room for comfort. Milk yield is suffering as a result.

FARMER WRITES 20 August 2025

Editorial: some nitrates actions need more support

Editorial: some nitrates actions need more support

Measures are needed to reduce nutrient losses from all sectors and that some tillage areas are particularly sensitive as they are in free draining areas.

VIEWPOINTS 20 August 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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