3+ hour, 20+ min ago  (528+ words) A major bounce in milk prices in the second half of the year is unlikely given the continued growth in global output, Ornua has reiterated. The dairy marketing body doubled down on its assessment of last month that strong milk…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (388+ words) Milk supplies for the first half of the year are running close to the record levels recorded in 2025, but the ongoing heatwave is beginning to impact output. Lakeland Dairies said milk supplies to the co-op remain broadly in line with…...

14+ hour, 14+ min ago  (977+ words) The Tipperary dairy calf-to-beef farm located in Ballyvadin achieved excellent physical and financial performance in 2025 generating a net margin per hectare of €1,620. One of the aims of the demonstration farm which was established in 2022 as a joint venture between Teagasc,…...

13+ hour, 58+ min ago  (236+ words) NI’s largest milk processor, Lakeland Dairies, has held its base price unchanged for June, but added a “market support payment” of 0.5p/l, paid on all milk supplied over the first six months of the year. The 0.5p payment effectively takes the…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (301+ words) Matt Dempsey’s recent article relating to methane emissions criticises the Green Party for having policies that are not consistent with the recommendations of Professor Myles Allen. Prof Allen recommends reducing emissions and taking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and putting…...

8+ hour, 1+ min ago  (1536+ words) The current sustained period of dry weather is expected to ensure the amount of grass available to livestock on the Co Down farm of John and Alexander Martin comes back into line with demand. A surplus had built up in…...

14+ hour, 24+ min ago  (679+ words) A road trip last weekend to the Gaeltacht area of Ros Muc took me through the wilds of Co Mayo and into Connemara. It’s a beautiful part of the country that I hadn’t had the privilege of visiting before. While…...

10+ hour, 17+ min ago  (342+ words) Grass supplies: Grass growth continues to be strong in the west and northwest, while the south and south east are seeing growth rates continue to fall off. There is no significant rain over the next week, this looks set to…...

10+ hour, 38+ min ago  (459+ words) Drought: The mentality around coping with a drought situation seems to be changing. Thinking back to previous long dry spells such as 2018 and 2022, there was more anxiety and worry among farmers than there seems to be now. I think the…...

13+ hour, 58+ min ago  (450+ words) It is looking like 2026 will be another good year for clover, with the plant now growing strongly just as perennial ryegrass takes its traditional summer break, a grassland researcher at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) has said. Speaking at…...