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Agri jobs: 500-cow farm with rotary in Cork looking for worker
Grace Hoare
A variety of full-time dairy farm assistant positions have become available in Laois, Cork and Kilkenny that offer competitive salaries and bonuses.
19 July 2024 Podcast
News Podcast: straw scheme, surcharges and milking before the All-Ireland
On the agenda for this week are the suspending of the Straw Incorporation Measure, Dairygold imposing a surcharge on weekend feed deliveries and milking the night before an All-Ireland.
17 July 2024 Management
Dairy Management: late calving cows, flexible milking and protected urea
Aidan Brennan looks at the merits of milking just 13 times in the week, and examines the impact of once a day milking from now on.
My Farming Week: Jim McInerney, Tulla, Co Clare
Jim McInerney and his wife Trish are milking just over 100 cows in the parish of Tulla. On Sunday, they head to Croke Park to see their son David line out for Clare in the all-Ireland hurling final.
17 July 2024 News
50,000th Lely robot installed on Antrim farm
The 50,000th Lely Astronaut automated milking robot has been installed on a Co Antrim dairy farm, replacing an 18-point parlour.
3 July 2024 Northern Ireland
Young Stock Podcast: managing 850 cows in New Zealand
Two years on from first featuring on the Young Stock Podcast, Zac Elkin gives an update on his farming exploits in New Zealand.
24 June 2024 Podcast
Cantwell's Court dairy farm in Kilkenny sold
The sale means the dairy division of Roebuck will now focus on milling, importation of food and ingredients and product sourcing only.
4 June 2024 News
Agri jobs: dairy farm manager wanted for 300-cow Cork farm
This week, dairy farms in counties Monaghan and Cork are on the hunt for farm workers, along with an opportunity for tractor drivers in Kilkenny.
25 May 2024 News
Agri jobs: tractor drivers wanted for fertiliser spreading
This week’s opportunities include a company looking for tractor drivers and dairy farms in the southeast looking for workers.
18 May 2024 News
From feeding silage to making silage in the space of a week
Now is the time to analyse the grass situation and plan ahead - that was the main message from Teagasc dairy specialist in Ballyhaise, James Dunne, at a Teagasc signpost farm walk in Offaly.
8 May 2024 News
Farmer Writes: good weather, price increases and breeding
Breeding season is commencing this week on Padraig Callanan's farm, with calving almost finished. Silage ground preparation is well under way with an aim to have silage cut around 20 May.
1 May 2024 Farmer Writes
Watch: this week in photos - grass, ploughing and bringing in cows
Our top photos from the past week include farmers raking grass, ploughing, baling silage, bringing in cows for milking, sowing spring barley and more.
28 April 2024 News