NDC & Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards 2018 finalists announced
Finalists for this year’s NDC and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards have been announced.
The awards recognise standards of excellence in dairy farming, with dairy...
Co-ops must lift August and year-end base milk prices – Phelan
National Dairy committee chairman Tom Phelan said co-ops had taken fright earlier this summer and been overly conservative in just holding base prices, some...
Department of Agriculture to monitor carcass trim in meat plants on...
IFA National Livestock Chairman Angus Woods said Department of Agriculture technical officers will monitor carcase trim in the meat factories on behalf of farmers...
Countdown is on for Ireland’s top dairy cow contest
With less than a month to go to Ireland’s top Holstein Friesian pedigree dairy contest, the countdown is on for Co. Cork dairy breeders...
IFA announces appointment of farm safety executive & peer-to-peer farm safety...
This week marks the sixth annual Farm Safety Week UK & Ireland, an initiative led by the IFA in Ireland, aiming to reduce the...
Future Cork dairy leaders graduate from ICOS Production Supervisory Programme
Four agri-food professionals from Dairygold have graduated from the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) 2017/18 Production Supervisory Programme at a ceremony in University College...
Thousands of beef farmers flow into Grange for BEEF2018
The adoption of key technologies in relation to animal genetics, grassland management and herd health are the key to increasing the profitability of beef...
2018 Grassland Farmer of the Year Competition Launched
The Grassland Farmer of the Year competition for 2018 was officially launched on Friday, 15 June, by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the...
European Grassland experts meet in Ireland
The European Grassland Federation (EGF) conference took place in Cork this week with over 450 delegates from 31 countries attending.
This is the 27th...
Farmers – Bale pink for breast cancer awareness
Pink silage bales are set to be a common sight once again in the countryside this summer, as Glanbia’s limited-edition pink silage wrap goes...
