On dairy farms, heifer rearing is the second largest annual expense after concentrates, accounting for almost 20% of production costs/
That is according to Dr...
Maria & Padraig Keane are a young couple who have taken over the family farm at Ballywilliam, Kilcormac, Co. Offaly.
Maria, an Askeaton, west Limerick...
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) issued new nitrates regulations to farmers recently.
The majority of these new rules came into effect...
Two sets of Fleckvieh triplet calves have been born on separate farms in Northern Ireland.
David Johnston’s and Alan Boyles’ cows’ have defied the odds...
In November 2013, Nicky Doyle began selling pasteurised non-homogenised whole cows’ milk from Fairfield Farm directly to consumers.
He embarked on this journey to “guarantee...
GEA has installed a large milking rotary parlour on a 10,000-cow dairy farm in China.
The company was commissioned to install its powerful milking carousel...
As part of this week's Farm Hacks, we profile the Trusti Tuber.
New Zealand vet, Ursula Haywood, developed the award-winning Trusti Tuber after finding her...
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