There are significant costs associated with reproductive inefficiency in pasture-based dairy
herds. This study has quantified the economic effect of a number of key variables associated …

All over the world, farmers have to face up to increasing uncertainties (market and climate).
They have to adapt their activity to the new contexts and challenges of livestock farming …

With the cessation of milk quotas in the European Union, dairy herd sizes increased in some
countries, including Ireland, with an associated increase in labor requirement. Second to …

The objectives of this study were to estimate the levels of technical and scale efficiency for a
sample of pasture based Irish dairy producers, to identify the factors that contributed to …

The seasonal workload associated with pasture-based dairy farms, combined with
increasing herd sizes, has led to a renewed focus on labor time-use and efficiency on dairy …

This study aimed to verify the effect of milking permission (MPE) and concentrate
supplementation (CS) on milking frequency (milkings per cow per day) and milk yield …

Feeding the world's population in a sustainable manner is one of the key challenges facing
the future of global agriculture. The recent removal of the milk quota regime in the European …

Background To establish prevalence, risk factors, and impact of work‐related
musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) among farmers in Ireland. Methods In summer 2009, a …

Herd size expansion combined with the seasonal workload on pasture-based dairy farms
has led to an increased focus on techniques that can improve farm labor efficiency such as …

Objectives: This article describes levels of implementation of occupational health and safety
(OHS) controls on a sample of Irish farms following completion of a risk assessment …