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The announcement has been welcomed by the farming community. Tom Bradshaw, NFU deputy president, said the expansion of PCR testing was a significant step. Photo: Mark Pasveer
13-02-2024 | News

UK gov widens scope of PCR testing for bovine TB

Milk powder is one of the most competitive Russian export commodities, according Dmitry Krasnov, director of Agroexport. Photo: Canva
13-02-2024 | News

Russia boosting powdered milk exports to China

Last year, the UK exported £198.1 million of food to Canada, with cheese being one of the top two products. Photo: Canva
07-02-2024 | News

Food safety measures row halts UK-Canada free trade talks

Vows receiving most of their concentrate within the milking robot did not show a higher numbers of unsuccessful milking visits. Photo: Canva
06-02-2024 | News

Impact of feeding too much concentrates at milking

Following earlier protests in Germany, thousands of farmers blocked the main roads in France with their tractors. (Generic) photo: Canva
05-02-2024 | News

European Commission cracks as farmers protests intensify

Ukraine’s dairy sector wants urgent state aid
02-02-2024 | News

Ukraine’s dairy sector wants urgent state aid

Good indicators of udder health are bulk tank somatic cell count and the rate of mastitis incidence. Photo: Cargill
01-02-2024 | News

Udder health: Harnessing the power of postbiotics (Part 1)

Scientists examined the effects of dietary CP content and supplementing a low CP diet with dietary starch or rumen-protected Met (RPMet) on the performance, metabolism and nitrogen-use-efficiency (NUE) in dairy cows fed a red clover and grass-based silage. Photo: Canva
01-02-2024 | News

Feeding dairy cows lower crude protein diets

Dairy Diary: January business update
31-01-2024 | News

Dairy Diary: January business update

Irish dairy companies but also their farmers/members should start to worry, the president of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association ICSMA Denis Drennan said earlier. He explained that the steep fall in production figures for 2023 was down to a number of factors. Photo: Canva
30-01-2024 | News

Irish milk production is in sharp decline