Articles
The Future of Irish Dairy Breeding with Donagh Berry
Prof. Donagh Berry, Quantitative Geneticist at Teagasc Moorepark, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss the future of Irish Dairy Breeding Programmes.
31 March 2026
Grass tetany prevention this spring
Ciaran Lynch, Sheep Specialist, explains the causes, symptoms, and prevention of grass tetany in ewes.
31 March 2026
New Dairy Calf-to-Beef Manual Launched
A new Dairy Calf-to-Beef Manual, produced by the Teagasc DairyBeef 500 team, was launched recently in Teagasc Moorepark, by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD.
31 March 2026
Sheep Road Map 2030
An overview of Ireland’s sheep sector to 2030, outlining current performance, market outlook, sustainability priorities, and future targets.
31 March 2026
Veterinary medicines – how do the new regulations affect you?
In December 2025 significant changes came into effect for farmers whose animals need antiparasitic medicines like wormers and flukicides. Michael Gottstein, Teagasc Head of Sheep Knowledge Transfer, tells us more via this article in Today's Farm.
31 March 2026
Dairy Breeding Week 2026
The breeding season on Irish dairy farms has become increasingly concentrated in the late April to June period. Dairy Breeding Week, takes place from Monday, 30th March to Friday, 3rd April, and aims to provide timely information and reminders for farmers on important genetic and technical issues underpinning a successful dairy breeding season.
30 March 2026
Calculate the number of females that you need to breed to Dairy AI
As always when breeding your replacement heifer calves there should be particular focus placed on breeding the maiden heifers to dairy AI as these should be your highest genetic merit animals. James Dunne tells us more.
30 March 2026
Busy start to the Spring in County Carlow
It’s a busy time on Eddie Gavin’s farm in Co. Carlow with lambing underway. Ciaran Lynch, Peter Lawrence, and Frank Campion tell us more.
30 March 2026
Why good people working on dairy farms are value for money
Wages often represent a significant cost on dairy farms and can appear to be an obvious area to target. However, as explained by Martina Gormley, Dairy Specialist, good people working on dairy farms can represent value for money.
30 March 2026
ICBF Sire Advice – an essential tool for all dairy farmers
To get maximum genetic gain, minimise calving difficulty risk using dairy beef sires, whilst delivering high Commercial Beef Value (CBV) progeny, dairy farmers should run ICBF Sire Advice every breeding season, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, Stuart Childs and Dan O’Riordan, ICBF, tell us more.
30 March 2026