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Farm Tech Talk: beef boom, sheep prices, Dairy Day 2024 and new fertiliser rules
Jack Kennedy
This week, Jack Kennedy and the team talk about the beef and sheep trade, Dairy Day 2024 and Adam chats to Grassland AGRO on new fertiliser regulations.
27 November 2024 News
Farmer views: 'we need a future for the next generation'
James Hanly and Tommy Moyles asked farmers at Dairy Day what they want politicians to do for their farms and family if elected.
27 November 2024 Dairy Day
Calf export trade witnessed plenty of change in 2024
The market for Irish calves on the continent has witnessed a number a changes in 2024 but remains on track to be one of the highest on record.
Dairy Management: meal, lactose levels and costs
Aidan Brennan asks what is an appropriate level of meal feeding this winter, given where meal and milk prices are at.
27 November 2024 Management
Confidence 'needs to be restore' in protected urea
There was standing room only for the Dairy Day talk 'Protected urea and clover, is it working?' Farmers called for more transparency on the expiry and manufacturing dates on protected urea in 2025.
27 November 2024 Dairy Day
Manage slurry as you do silage or milking – IFA
IFA environment chair, John Murphy, urged farmers to invest in extra slurry storage, to give them control over when they can spread, while speaking on a panel at the Irish Farmers Journal Dairy Day.
27 November 2024 News
Interest rates a killer for profitability
Speaking at the session on farm profitability, a Co Cork dairy farmer said that increased interest rates were cost that ate into profit in 2023.
27 November 2024 Dairy Day
Denmark announces world’s first agricultural emissions tax
The new tax became a topic of discussion during the Irish Farmers Journal Dairy Day on Thursday between New Zealand dairy farmer Corrigan Sowman and Dutch dairy farmer Auko Sikkenga.
24 November 2024 News
Milk prices to hold stable for next three months - Dairygold chair
"I see stability for the next three to four months of where we are, in and around the 50c/l base price," Seán O'Brien of Dairygold said.
24 November 2024 News
Farm Tech Talk: calving heavy-muscle sucklers and Dairy Day's key topics
We discuss calving down well-muscled suckler cows and the latest on nitrates on this week's Farm Tech Talk.
22 November 2024 Video
In pictures: CattleEye crowned winner of 2024 'Dairy Dragons'
CattleEye, an AI-powered monitoring solution for dairy herds, secured the highest level of virtual investment at the Dairy Dragons competition during this year’s Irish Farmers Journal Dairy Day
22 November 2024 News
Dairy Day: CBV tracker to go live next week
Speaking at Diary Day, Kevin Downing of the ICBF said that farmers will be able to view the CBV of calves entered in marts ahead of the sale from next week.
21 November 2024 Dairy Day