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Bomaz Kettle tops PLI rankings

There is a new number one ranked Holstein bull in the UK for Profitable Lifetime Index (£PLI).

4 December 2024 NORTHERN IRELAND
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Dairy, beef and dual-purpose donkeys

How the Konrad family make mixed farming work in the worlds sixth smallest country.

13 November 2024
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In pictures: super trade for freshly dairy heifers

The monthly dairy sale from Taaffe Auctions at Dungannon Mart saw a superb trade for freshly calved heifers.

30 October 2024 MARKETS
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Finding a work-life balance in dairying

David Wright reports from the autumn meeting of the Ulster Grassland Society held on the Pollock dairy farm in Tyrone

23 October 2024 NORTHERN IRELAND
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Slatabogie heifer calves sell to 5,500gns

An on-farm production sale of breeding heifers from Slatabogie Holsteins saw heifer calves top the trade at 5,500 guineas

23 October 2024 NORTHERN IRELAND
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Dairy calf-to-beef potential - culling the drop-out rate

Irish beef factories face reducing supply of suckler bred calves while male dairy remain a challenge but could be a possible solution

20 October 2024 NEWS

Eedy Doorman Fame retains National Dairy Show title

Nevan Mc Kiernan reports from the AXA National Dairy Show held in Millstreet Co Cork over the weekend.

16 October 2024 PEDIGREE

Milking 550 cows on rented land in England

Dolphenby Farm is located in the Eden Valley in the north of England.

16 October 2024 NORTHERN IRELAND
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Cow tech driving fertility for Legendairy Holsteins

Dairy farmers Dale and Vicki Byers held a farmwalk last week, to demonstrate the role of technology in managing their 150-cow herd.

4 September 2024 NORTHERN IRELAND