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Raft of amendments to milk pricing for 2026

David Wright looks at the various changes to milk pricing to apply from 1 January 2026.

NORTHERN IRELAND 25 February 2026

Raft of amendments to milk pricing for 2026

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Dale Farm revises price increments

Dale Farm revises price increments

NORTHERN IRELAND 28 January 2026

Tirlán holds price for December and promises the same for January and February

Tirlán holds price for December and promises the same for January and February

NEWS 20 January 2026

More changes to NI milk pricing

More changes to NI milk pricing

More changes to NI milk pricing

NORTHERN IRELAND 30 December 2025

Once-a-day milking - marvellous or madness?

Once-a-day milking - marvellous or madness?

Once-a-day milking - marvellous or madness?

FARMER WRITES 10 December 2025

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NI making good progress with milk solids

NI making good progress with milk solids

Farmers in Northern Ireland have responded to signals from processors around milk solids.

NORTHERN IRELAND 23 July 2025

Cows taking a grass taste test in Tyrone

Cows taking a grass taste test in Tyrone

The Ulster Grassland Society visited the David Hunter's farm in Co Tyrone on Tuesday. Peter McCann reports

NORTHERN IRELAND 23 July 2025

Farmer Writes: silage bridging grass deficit

Farmer Writes: silage bridging grass deficit

Hopefully, we’ll get a bounce in growth soon and be able to ease off the silage again, but if it doesn’t come, we’ll keep the feed going into the cows to maintain performance.

FARMER WRITES 23 July 2025

Farmer Writes: grass bounces back

Farmer Writes: grass bounces back

On the silage front, both of the remaining blocks are nearly ready to cut again.

FARMER WRITES 23 July 2025

Carbery drops milk price for July

Carbery drops milk price for July

Carbery has reduced its price for milk supplied last month.

NEWS 23 July 2025

Farmer Writes: good grass and land lessons

Farmer Writes: good grass and land lessons

Grass growth is back on track on dairy farmer Padráig Callanan’s farm, while he was unsuccessful in a bid for land but the outcome was positive all the same.

FARMER WRITES 23 July 2025

Tirlán pays the highest price to 1m-litre suppliers

Tirlán pays the highest price to 1m-litre suppliers

The prices paid to 1m-litre suppliers are assessed across three different milk qualities

NORTHERN IRELAND 23 July 2025

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Raising healthy calves on the McCloy-Peoples’ Farm in Donegal

Just outside Ramelton, Co Donegal, Bert McCloy and his son-in-law Jason Peoples run a busy dairy farm milking around 200 cows.

Raising healthy calves on the McCloy-Peoples’ Farm in Donegal

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