Dairy

Welcome to the Rural NI Dairy section. From within this area of the portal you can find information on the latest developments within the dairy farming sector.

A conference for farmers serious about dairying (PDF 164 KB)
Tuesday 15 December, Loughry Campus, Cookstown
Will you be dairy farming in five years time? ...

Sire Selection in the Future Herd
At this time of year many farmers are thinking about sire selection in advance of breeding cows this winter ...

Using Milking Parlour Software to Feed Cows - CAFRE IT Event in Armagh
“The most important issue in feed efficency is the targeting of concentrate to those cows that need it most.”...

Coping with the legacy of Summer 2009
No dairy farmers needs reminding of the Challenges presented by the weather conditions from June through to September and the poor milk prices received ...

A conference for farmers serious about dairying (PDF 164 KB)
Tuesday 15 December, Loughry Campus, Cookstown
Will you be dairy farming in five years time? ...

Summer Feed Efficiency - 2009
CAFRE Dairying Development Advisers have been running a series of on-farm training events.  The focus has been to look at the options for feeding cows economically this summer ...