N.Ireland
A British woman is set to embark on a 10-day journey throughout the UK, with a goal of milking 10,000 cows to raise funds for charity.
Having spent years travelling the world shearing sheep, UK-born Will Hinton has changed farming direction, now milking cows in New Zealand.
Dairy
The majority of dairy farms are now in the depths of the calving season, but a focus needs to be placed on cell counts...
The milking routine on dairy farms is a process that must be done correctly, as mistakes made can...
The parlour training of your in-calf heifers, is a job that can begin over the coming days and weeks on dairy farms
The Milking Equipment Association (MEA) has launched its new Milking System Technician Accreditation (MSTA) courses.
With the country under current Covid-19 restrictions, it's important that dairy farmers begin...
This spring has been very challenging on farms to say the least. The weather hasn't been playing...
This spring has been very challenging on farms to say the least. The weather hasn’t been...
The milking routine is the most important job on a dairy farm, because you could say it is the only...
Lely has introduced a new automated calf feeder called the Calm Control, which supplies calves with precisely what they need, when they need it.
Construction began on an 8,000 head dairy farm, called Meadowstar Dairy, in Minnesota in March 2015.
The problem of freezing of milking machines and other equipment in milking parlours can be two of the problems dairy farmers face.
Milk processors have stringent penalties if milk supplies are found to be positive for antibiotic residues, Animal Health Ireland (AHI) has stated.
The majority of dairy farms who made the switch to once-a-day milking in recent years are very happy with this move, according to Vincent O'Dwyer.
To help prevent mastitis, CellCheck recommends that liners are changed every 2,000 milkings, or every 6 months whichever comes first, AHI says.
The cows that leave the milking parlour last and go onto grass could be regularly eating lower quality grass, a new study by the University of Sydney has found.
Cows in the herd over 200 days milking should have a condition score at the moment of 2.5, Michael Garvey of CAFRE says.
Agri-Business
Lely's live robotic milking feature at the 2014 Livestock Event in the UK has won the 'Best Feature Area' at the Exhibition News (EN) annual awards.
DARD says that the fall in milk price has put the dairy industry under financial pressure, however dairying is still a profitable business.
Holden Agri and Fuels will host a DeLaval open day on December 9 from 10.30am in Artigarvan.
