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Liquid feeds to cows can fill sugar gap

Experts at the “Sugar in the Rumen” conference highlighted how liquid feeds can close the sugar gap in NI herds.

NORTHERN IRELAND 11 February 2026

Liquid feeds to cows can fill sugar gap

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How to future-proof your milking parlour investments

How to future-proof your milking parlour investments

DAIRY EQUIPMENT 3 January 2026

A visit to the DeLaval headquarters in Sweden

A visit to the DeLaval headquarters in Sweden

MILK QUALITY 3 January 2026

New Holland aims to address labour issues with R4 robots

New Holland aims to address labour issues with R4 robots

New Holland aims to address labour issues with R4 robots

NEWS 24 December 2025

Farmer Writes: summer 2025 the most difficult of my career

Farmer Writes: summer 2025 the most difficult of my career

Farmer Writes: summer 2025 the most difficult of my career

FARMER WRITES 19 October 2025

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A look inside the DeLaval Swedish headquarters

A look inside the DeLaval Swedish headquarters

Daire Cregg reflects on his recent trip to the DeLaval headquarters in Tumba, Sweden.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Lely robots helping to drive solids production in Meath

Lely robots helping to drive solids production in Meath

Daire Cregg reports from the farm of Michael and Enda Horgan who are milking 259 cows using four Lely robots.

NEWS 1 January 1970

AI removes need for ‘MacGyver’ engineers

AI removes need for ‘MacGyver’ engineers

Lely boss Niall McGauran told the recent AgTech Ireland/ Irish Farmers Journal ‘Transforming agriculture with artificial intelligence’ conference that AI has completely changed its operations.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Manufacturing the Merlo way

Manufacturing the Merlo way

Gary Abbott recently travelled to Merlo’s headquaters in Italy to find out more about the brands manufacturing process – where over 90% of components are built in-house.

FARM MACHINERY 1 January 1970

Lely Juno pushes both feed and production on Longford farm

Lely Juno pushes both feed and production on Longford farm

In 2021, Derek O’Halleran installed a Lely Juno automatic feed pusher on his farm – a labour-saving machine he claims paid for itself after 10 months due to increased milk yield. Gary Abbott writes.

NEWS 1 January 1970

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A message from Bord Bia to Irish farmers and growers

Bord Bia addresses the concerns and misinformation that have been raised in recent weeks.

A message from Bord Bia to Irish farmers and growers