Sustainability

Small incremental changes leading to big profit on Wexford dairy farm

Over 100 farmers attended Tirlán’s first FarmElevate farm walk in collaboration with Teagasc which took place on Patrick Fortune’s farm in Co Wexford on Thursday.

NEWS 8 August 2026

Small incremental changes leading to big profit on Wexford dairy farm

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On farm performance of perennial ryegrass varieties

On farm performance of perennial ryegrass varieties

Sarah Walsh and Michael O' Donovan analyse a recent long-term study of different perennial ryegrass varieties carried out on commercial farms.

RESEEDING 17 July 2026

Co-ops' conflicting US butter strategies risk milk price – ICMSA

Co-ops' conflicting US butter strategies risk milk price – ICMSA

Irish dairy farmers would like to see more strategy cohesion between co-ops to deliver a long-term sustainable milk price to their suppliers, the ICMSA has said.

NEWS 17 July 2026

€175m in rural water funding announced

€175m in rural water funding announced

The programme is aimed at improving water services for communities that are not connected to Uisce Éireann networks.

NEWS 17 July 2026

Ensuring the next generation has the passion and opportunity to farm

Ensuring the next generation has the passion and opportunity to farm

The young farmer forum aims to support young beef and sheep farmers to build viable, sustainable businesses for the future and involves full supply-chain visits across Kepak, Musgrave and SuperValu.

NEWS 17 July 2026

Tirlán names eight dairy farms for new knowledge transfer programme

Tirlán names eight dairy farms for new knowledge transfer programme

FarmElevate is a new innovative large-scale knowledge transfer programme which Tirlán announced earlier this year in collaboration with Teagasc.

NEWS 17 July 2026

Carbery sets milk price for June

Carbery sets milk price for June

Carbery's stability fund contribution will remain at 2.0c/l ex-VAT for the month of June.

NEWS 17 July 2026

Dairygold and Teagasc team up to support profitable sustainable dairy farming

Dairygold and Teagasc team up to support profitable sustainable dairy farming

Over four years, the programme will support improvements for Dairygold suppliers in areas such as grass utilisation, milk solids production, breeding performance, fertility and profitability.

NEWS 17 July 2026

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