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The Irish Farmers Journal is dedicated to providing up to the minute informative dairy farming news and information for breeding and advice for a healthy dairy herd.

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Cork farmers preparing for springtime

Getting ready for spring is one of the themes at next January’s Irish Grassland Association dairy conference. For Cork farmers Maeve O’Keeffe and Jack Kearney, each spring brings different challenges.

11 December 2024 BREEDING & HEALTH
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New developments in animal health

Thomas Condon takes a look at some of the new technologies and healthcare products available to dairy farmers.

20 November 2024 BREEDING & HEALTH
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Aiming for high health this winter

Adam Woods previews what’s inside this week’s special indoor health management focus.

23 October 2024 BREEDING & HEALTH
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High milk prices to boost winter milk herds

High milk prices are a boost to winter milk producers but challenges remain, writes Aidan Brennan.

16 October 2024
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Top-class performance in the Kingdom

The McCarthy family are achieving excellent performance while protecting and enhancing the farm's environmental credentials

28 September 2024
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Farming on the banks of the Blackwater in north Cork

North Cork Co-Op suppliers Denis and Brian O'Connell have adapted their farming techniques to protect water quality.

28 September 2024
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Excellence on show in the rolling hills of Eyrecourt

The Larkin farm epitomises all that is good about family farming, with good technical performance and a good work/life balance

25 September 2024
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Liquid milk producers delivering the goods

The Dillane father and son partnership produce liquid milk all year round for Lee Strand Co-Op in Kerry

25 September 2024
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Red and white cows in Wicklow

The Somers' family are milking Montbeliarde cows near Arklow in Co. Wicklow and supply liquid milk to Tirlan

25 September 2024
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