Dairy
The current focus is on finishing out breeding and grassland management, but should farmers be looking at mastitis control?
Despite a recent downturn in world milk markets, dairy farmers in Northern Ireland continue to invest in the future of their businesses.
N.Ireland
There is a growing acknowledgement that artificial intelligence (AI) can be used as a power for good within the milk industry.
With rain forecast once again after the warm weekend, parasites will be thriving and putting young calves at risk.
One positive feature of this year’s Armagh Show was the turn-out of young handlers across all the competition sections of the event.
Reseeds were late getting done this year given the poor spring, however there are a few drier places ready to graze now.
Farms that start breeding May 1 may be wrapping up with artificial insemination (AI) and letting stock bulls out to finish the job.
Beef
England plans to achieve officially bTB-free status by 2038 under a new strategy, with hopes of deploying a vaccine for the disease by 2030.
Ballymoney Show 2026 enjoyed a record turnout of sheep at this year’s event, with the young handlers’ competitions exemplifying this.
As costs surge, farmers can look to streamline raising replacement cows by taking strategic steps to minimise cost.
Though temperatures soared in late May and early June, for autumn calvers, the full effect of the heat stress may not be felt until calving.
Figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that the Irish dairy herd grew last year, but it is a different story in Britain.
When spreading nutrients this summer, it is easy to just throw out slurry and chemical fertiliser, but it vital to remember sulphur.
Just three dairy and coffee companies of a ranked 23 reported methane reductions for 2024 or 2025, with Danone leading the way.
The global supply of terrestrial animal source food (TASF), driven mainly by egg, poultry and pig meat, has seen a significant increase.
Lakeland Dairies today unveiled a £24.5 million investment boost in Northern Ireland “to support future growth in key export markets”.
Agri-Business
Ornua has today (Wednesday, June 3) confirmed an increase in its May Purchase Price Index (PPI) at 129.8, up from the previous month at 127.0.
First Milk has announced that it will boosting cheese production with an investment of £16.8 million for its Lake District Creamery in Cumbria
