Irish Farmers' Association president Tim Cullinan said farmers have been "thrown under a bus".

The conference is jointly organised by ICOS and UCC and takes place in the Aula Maxima (Great Hall) of the university.

It is also continuing to support milk price from its stability fund with a contribution of 2c/litre. 

It is opening for applications in the coming days.

Water quality analysis is welcome but may be missing some crucial factors, warns ecologist Pádraic Fogarty

Silage which is too acidic can lead to poor intake and digestive upsets, writes farm vet Hazell Mullins.

This comes as the Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius is due to visit Ireland next Thursday, November 23, on a nitrates-focused trip.

The October milk price of 33.08c/litre is unchanged from September.

The theme of this year's event is 'adapting to a changing dairy farming environment'.

High-performing dairy farmers were looking at a cash surplus after nine months of 2023 of €700 per cow, to pay for the farm family’s labour and drawings, in addition to tax and repayments.

Crossborder dairy co-operative Lakeland Dairies is to close three factories as part of a group restructure. It’s expected that 78 jobs will be lost as plants at Banbridge, Egish, and Monaghan town are closed.

Dairy commodity prices are "starting to reflect some positivity".

One lesson I learned from my vet school reunion in Nottingham last week was that despite what we think we are certainly not 22 anymore and my body let me know of this rude truth all too well on Sunday morning.

A base price of 34c/litre will be paid for October milk in the Republic of Ireland. 

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A member of Barryroe Co-op, Mr Deasy is milking 80 cows and farming 80 acres in Ahafore, Timoleague.

In Co Cork, 434 holdings had a whole farm stocking rate greater than 220kg of N/ha in 2022, and have at least some land (according to their 2023 BISS application) affected by the reduced Nitrates Derogation stocking rate upper limit in 2024.

Lakeland Dairies will pay an extra 0. 5cpl for suppliers who meet a series of actions set out in its new farm sustainability strategy.

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Virtually every herd has had to house two to three weeks earlier than they normally would, writes ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy.

Processors are forecasting a 5% uplift in milk volumes between 2022 and 2030. However, this is much lower than initially expected.

“Vets will be expected to only prescribe antibiotics where there is evidence of its requirement”, said Dr Stuart Childs of Teagasc, when he hosted a recent edition of Teagasc’s Dairy Edge podcast on selective dry cow therapy.

Cutting protein levels in youngstock rations might not be the best way to reduce your feed bill this winter, warns ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy.

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Teagasc has released a new study on achieving labour self-sufficiency on family dairy farms.