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Dairygold to reduce workforce as it targets €14m in cost cuts
Noel Bardon
The co-op's board has approved a cost-cutting plan drafted on foot of a 2024 efficiency and competitiveness review.
Dairygold to reduce workforce as it targets €14m in cost cuts
Longford students launch product to assist with dosing cattle
24 March 2025 News
Longford students launch product to assist with dosing cattle
Idea for product was developed after one of the girls noticed her father struggling to manage both a dosing gun and a bottle while treating cattle.
New Zealand trials bulk tank TB test with Enfer
22 March 2025 News
New Zealand trials bulk tank TB test with Enfer
New Zealand is the first country to try to use bulk tank milk test in a national TB management programme.
Foot-and-mouth disease confirmed on three farms in Slovakia
Local media are reporting that around 2,500 cattle are to be culled from three farms now that foot-and-mouth disease has been confirmed.
21 March 2025 News
Over €4.3m in Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme payments issue
A payment of €20 per eligible calf (up to a maximum of 50 calves per applicant herd) will be made to eligible farmers in the scheme.
21 March 2025 Schemes
Tirlán meets Minister for Agriculture on retaining derogation
Tirlán chair John Murphy said a range of issues were discussed, the most important of which was the retention of the derogation.
20 March 2025 News
Contractor charges rise 5% for 2025
Contractor charges are experiencing a 5% rise for 2025, according to the Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) annual price guide.
19 March 2025 News
The cost of forage crops: from kale to maize
Here are the Teagasc costs and returns figures for forage crops. They are estimated and can be amended to suit your own farm.
19 March 2025 Fodder
Calf birth registrations down by 46,000 head
In contrast to recent years, the reduction in births to date in 2025 is being driven by fewer births in dairy herds as opposed to suckler herds.
19 March 2025 News
ICMSA critical of co-op February milk price pulls
The association is looking for a 50c/l base price for February’s milk without price pulls being masked by bonuses.
19 March 2025 News
Tirlán announces February milk price
While butter price has strengthened recently, there is considerable uncertainty on the potential impact of tariffs in the coming months, according to Tirlán chair John Murphy.
18 March 2025 News
Share your views: what will the next 10 years in dairy look like?
We want to hear from farmers to gauge their opinion on what the next 10 years in dairy will bring.
17 March 2025 News