20+ hour, 16+ min ago  (462+ words) Dairygold has increased its milk price by 0.5cpl Most processors have decided to hold their quoted prices except for Dairygold, which is increasing by 0.5cpl. Lakeland Dairies’ Board has agreed to hold its price for milk for June. A base price of…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago  (415+ words) The Teagasc dairy-beef farm open day will be held on Ballyvadin Beef Farm in Co Tipperary. Farmers are invited to attend a dairy-beef farm open day to learn firsthand ways to make dairy-beef systems more profitable, sustainable, and labour-efficient. The…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (523+ words) Musgrave took home Retailer of the Year Awards for both cheese and yoghurt. File picture Irish exhibitors figured prominently at the recent International Cheese & Dairy Awards (ICDA) in England. Irish entries did well in all categories, including overall awards in…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (384+ words) NDC have launched a casting call in search of a new young face to be the star of a media wide autumn campaign. Irish dairy is looking for a fresh young face to be the star of a new media-wide…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago  (1011+ words) Beautiful, fruit naked cake over a white wall Michelle Darmody is a baking expert and writer, as well as an award-winning author. Michelle works across food education, sustainability and food policy and has a Doctorate in Culinary Arts. Genoise sponge…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (1403+ words) Ireland produced a record 8.8 billion litres of milk last year. Picture: iStock Ireland's farmers produced a record 8.8 billion litres of milk last year, cementing our position as one of the world's top dairy countries. However, only around one in every…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (368+ words) Irish agricultural emissions barely fell over the last year despite a 3.3% drop in cattle numbers. The revelation comes as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its provisional greenhouse gas emissions for Ireland for 2025. According to the report, agriculture remains by…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (492+ words) Kevin Maher, Dairy Sustainability Ireland at Ibec; Dave Fitzgerald, chair of the Dairy ESG Group and sustainability director at Ornua; agriculture minister Martin Heydon; Michael Harte, Dairy Industry Ireland chairman and chief executive of Dairygold Co-Operative Society at the Ibec…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (722+ words) The survey findings also indicate that seven out of 10 of the farmers completed most of their sheep work on Saturdays. Picture: Andy Gibson A Teagasc survey show that six out of 10 sheep farmers have non-farm jobs, including four or five…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (680+ words) Nothing is left to chance in herd health protection, on the 23 Teagasc Future Beef demonstration farms countrywide. “When we started the programme, we talked to the farmers within it and said, listen, you really need to have a good chat…...