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Dairy
€20/calf dairy-beef scheme now open
Noel Bardon
The scheme will pay dairy farmers €20/calf for using high-DBI straws and bulls.
18 March 2024 Podcast
Young Stock Podcast: meet the man who took ABP’s stand at the Tullamore Show
Anne O’Donoghue talks to James Stokes of Freeway Poultry about why he started his flock, being a teenage entrepreneur and expanding his business.
11 March 2024 News
Young Stock Podcast: dairying in Doonbeg
On this week’s Young Stock podcast, we speak to dairy farmer and Macra member Liam Hanrahan on milking cows, the derogation and young farmers.
Young Stock Podcast: from financial audits to farm auctions
This week, Gary Abbott talks to auction manager with Hennessy Auctioneers Ciaran Hennessy about his experience having worked with KPMG, Ornua and ABP before returning home to the family business.
4 March 2024 Podcast
Young Stock Podcast: nothing Canning can’t do
Shanon Kinahan speaks to Sligo native Niall Canning on this week's Young Stock Podcast.
27 February 2024 Pedigree
Calf slaughtering back on 2023 levels
Adam Woods has the latest on the drop in the number of calves being slaughtered in 2024.
21 February 2024 Markets
Young Stock Podcast: 10 years on from returning to the family farm
Catch up with dairy farmer Enda Walsh on balancing returning home with travel, the mindset needed for farming full-time with your parents and the KPIs central to successful spring calving.
12 February 2024 News
Young Stock Podcast: Blakiston Houston Estates
In this week' podcast, Peter McCann speaks to Jack Blakiston Houston from BH Estates based near Dundonald, Co Down.
5 February 2024 Podcast
Young Stock Podcast: milking pedigree Holsteins and making TikToks
John Halton from Co Meath is a full-time dairy farmer who studied in Harper Adams University.
29 January 2024 News
Milk replacer costs drop by 16%
The downturn in the global dairy market has had some positive impacts on raw ingredient prices for milk replacers, writes Aidan Brennan.
17 January 2024 Calves
Protocol for registering calves in genotyping programme
Erin Kennedy from ICBF outlines the protocol for farmers participating in the National Genotyping Programme this spring.
17 January 2024 Calves
Young Stock Podcast: events manager and business owner at 27
On this week's Young Stock Podcast, Sarah McIntosh speaks to Laura Short Murphy, events manager at AJS Promotions and owner of Sliced Meals.
15 January 2024 Podcast