Dairy herd

Dairy AI use up by 14% on Irish farms in 2025

The results indicate that the number of dairy heifer calves born next spring should equal or be greater than at any time in the past.

NEWS 6 August 2025

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Dempsey at Large: New Zealand and Holland reverse on dairy

Dempsey at Large: New Zealand and Holland reverse on dairy

VIEWPOINTS 6 August 2025

Cattle herd is running 275,000 head lower

Cattle herd is running 275,000 head lower

NEWS 30 July 2025

6% more cattle sold in marts in first half of 2025

6% more cattle sold in marts in first half of 2025

6% more cattle sold in marts in first half of 2025

NEWS 30 July 2025

AIM analysis: over 130,000 fewer beef cattle on farms as of 1 June

AIM analysis: over 130,000 fewer beef cattle on farms as of 1 June

AIM analysis: over 130,000 fewer beef cattle on farms as of 1 June

NEWS 27 July 2025

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Teagasc launches new contract rearing guidelines booklet

Teagasc launches new contract rearing guidelines booklet

The booklet was launched in Sligo during a trip organised for farmer clients involved in contract rearing.

NEWS 23 April 2025

Over 400,000 sexed semen straws used this year

Over 400,000 sexed semen straws used this year

Teagasc has said that another 100,000 sexed semen straws need to be used to generate enough dairy replacement heifers to maintain current cow numbers.

NEWS 23 April 2025

Summer calf care series to start next week

Summer calf care series to start next week

The collaborative roadshow promoting calf care and dairy-beef calf potential is hitting the road again this summer.

NEWS 23 April 2025

Teagasc releases details for Moorepark dairy open day

Teagasc releases details for Moorepark dairy open day

The theme of the event, sponsored by FBD Insurance with support from Ornua and Allied Irish Bank, is ‘Innovating for the Future’.

NEWS 23 April 2025

Replacements ‘nowhere near sufficient’ to sustain dairy herd – IFA

Replacements ‘nowhere near sufficient’ to sustain dairy herd – IFA

It comes after the publication of the latest ICBF dairy stock statistics coinciding with the middle of peak breeding season.

NEWS 23 April 2025

Irish cattle herd set to hit lowest level in 10 years

Irish cattle herd set to hit lowest level in 10 years

Early signs are that 2025 is the year that the Irish national herd will begin to contract for the first time in a decade.

NEWS 23 April 2025

Live exports accelerating the herd decline

Live exports accelerating the herd decline

Darren Carty, Aidan Brennan and Adam Woods analyse the critical role high live exports are playing in the cattle herd.

NEWS 23 April 2025

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China delivering for Irish agri-food exports

Suki Wu tells Phelim O’Neill how the stars aligned for her to be part of the drive to grow Irish food and drink exports to China for over a decade and it’s not finished yet.

China delivering for Irish agri-food exports

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