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Roadways and surfaces need to be maintained ahead of breeding

20 hours ago | agriland.ie | Hugh Harney

Lameness poses serious threat to cow’s health and welfare and, as we move into May, roadways and surfaces need to be maintained to ensure that cow’s heat activity is not limited by the condition. In order to achieve the best expression of heat and the best conception rates, we need to do everything we can to to make sure that cows are in good condition and that their feed requirements are met.
Report: Fertiliser prices are 'trending upwards'

1 day ago | agriland.ie | Francess McDonnell

Fertiliser prices are showing an “upward trend for 2025” which will squeeze farmers’ buying power, according to a new report. The Rabobank report warns that the global fertiliser market is expected to face “another challenging year in 2025” – particularly for nitrogen and phosphate-based fertilisers. The report also details that over the past 18 months the global urea market has been “highly reactive” to the Indian market’s movement in purchasing fertilisers.
Plant hire company and windfarm prosecuted for pollution of Leitrim river

1 day ago | agriland.ie | Francess McDonnell

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has today (Wednesday, April 23) confirmed two separate prosecutions against a wind farm and a plant hire company for the pollution of a river in Co. Leitrim. The IFI said both pollution incidents occurred within the Bonet River and Belhavel Lough catchment in Co. Leitrim. According to the IFI the specific location of the incidents was at Lisnagowan. One of the incidents involved Tullynamoyle Windfarm 5 Ltd in January 2024.
What are the grazing targets for the next number of weeks?

1 day ago | agriland.ie | Hugh Harney

There was heavy rainfall in most parts of the country over the weekend, though it has not affected grazing conditions and will hopefully improve grass growth on farms. Grass growth has been slow on most farms this spring but has picked up in recent weeks, with grass growing at a rate of 35-50kg dry matter (DM)/ha/day last week, according to PastureBase Ireland.
IFI prosecutes farming firm for 'polluting' Co. Mayo river

2 days ago | agriland.ie | Francess McDonnell

A farming firm has been prosecuted by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) for the pollution of a river in Co. Mayo. IFI said today (Tuesday, April 22) that it welcomed the ruling delivered at Ballina District Court that Gilvarry Farming Limited had caused silage effluent to flow into a tributary of the Cloonaghmore River.
Reseeding: Clover establishment - pros and cons of each technique

2 days ago | agriland.ie | Hugh Harney

While the weather has been poor over the past few days, with plenty of rainfall across the country, reseeding paddocks this spring is very much so still on the cards. At a recent Teagasc reseeding event on Liam Delaney’s farm in Co. Laois, the pros and cons of each reseeding method was highlighted along with the importance of clover inclusion in your grazing seed mix.
Achieving 90% three week submission rate and cost of a missed heat

3 days ago | agriland.ie | Hugh Harney

A target for most spring calving herds across the country is to achieve a submission rate over the first three weeks of 90% while limiting the number of missed heats in the herd. For a herd with 100 cows, this means that 90 cows will be served in the first three weeks of the breeding season.
What's the secret of Kerrygold's success in the US?

3 days ago | agriland.ie | Francess McDonnell

It is not every CEO that ventures out of the boardroom to go to a supermarket and stand beside a chilled display cabinet to find out what consumers really think of a product – but when comes down to Kerrygold, normal rules tend not to apply. Last year more than 12 million retail packs of Kerrygold butter and cheese were sold every week in 2024 throughout the world and according to latest figures the brand also reached “a record number of US households” last year.
Do milk urea levels have an affect on the herd's fertility?

3 days ago | agriland.ie | Hugh Harney

As the breeding season edges closer, it is no harm to understand the impact of milk urea levels on the fertility of your herd and the impact it may have on pregnancy rates. To get a better understanding of how milk urea can affect the fertility of the herd, it is important to grasp what exactly milk urea is. Milk urea indicates the crude protein (CP) in a cow’s diet and is formed from the metabolism of amino acids and body protein, sometimes described as a by-product of dietary protein.
Reseeding costs €500/ac with returns in 2-3 years, so why not?

4 days ago | agriland.ie | Hugh Harney

Heavy rainfall this weekend has broken up the good weather but, in general, the ground conditions have been favourable for reseeding, which has allowed a lot of farmers to get cracking on reseeding underperforming paddocks. At a Teagasc reseeding event on Thursday, April 17, the importance of reseeding was highlighted, which included extra grass grown and grown better in harder times, a better response to fertiliser, and allowing for clover establishment.