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Do you need to spread slurry using LESS equipment in 2026?

Farmers with a grassland stocking rate above 100kg organic nitrogen/ha in 2025 must apply slurry with low emission slurry spreading equipment in 2026.

SCHEMES 7 January 2026

Do you need to spread slurry using LESS equipment in 2026?

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Building good habits before calving begins

Building good habits before calving begins

MANAGEMENT 7 January 2026

Dairy Management: soil sampling, slurry and conference season

Dairy Management: soil sampling, slurry and conference season

MANAGEMENT 7 January 2026

Positive Farmers Conference back for 2026

Positive Farmers Conference back for 2026

Positive Farmers Conference back for 2026

MANAGEMENT 7 January 2026

Dairy Management: looking after stock in the cold spell

Dairy Management: looking after stock in the cold spell

Dairy Management: looking after stock in the cold spell

MANAGEMENT 5 January 2026

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Grass growth in 2025 beats five-year average

Grass growth in 2025 beats five-year average

Average grass growth in 2025 is better than the five-year average, but similar to the 10-year average, writes Aidan Brennan.

MANAGEMENT 22 December 2025

Time to get calf-rearing preparations under way

Time to get calf-rearing preparations under way

With calving less than a month away, farms should be ramping up preparations over the coming weeks.

MANAGEMENT 22 December 2025

Department update stocking rate rules

Department update stocking rate rules

The government has changed the way it intends to implement the nutrient distribution rules under the new nitrates action programme, writes Aidan Brennan.

MANAGEMENT 22 December 2025

Twenty ways to spend €20,000 at Dairy Day 2025

Twenty ways to spend €20,000 at Dairy Day 2025

Daire Cregg reviews the 'Twenty ways to spend €20,000' panel discussion at Dairy Day 2025 and how the panel ranked the investment ideas.

MANAGEMENT 22 December 2025

Where will the next generation of AI sires come from?

Where will the next generation of AI sires come from?

At the recent Teagasc national dairy conference, Donagh Berry addressed worries about the size of the future bull pool. Daire Cregg reports on what's causing the issues.

MANAGEMENT 22 December 2025

Dairy Management: bull selection for 2026

Dairy Management: bull selection for 2026

Ballycampion Dannyboy tops the list of EBI for bulls at the November EBI evaluation, writes Aidan Brennan.

MANAGEMENT 22 December 2025

Dairy Management: new stocking rate rules explained

Dairy Management: new stocking rate rules explained

Aidan Brennan writes that the new rules around moving slurry and stocking rates will affect farmers with higher milking platform stocking rates.

MANAGEMENT 22 December 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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