Alan Hopps News Today

Securing optimal levels of carbon reduction within a robotic milking enterprise was the focus of a recent farm walk.

There is now growing concern on many dairy farms across Northern Ireland that silage stocks are running low.

No magic bullet to cashflow issues on dairy farms 2023-11-08

Armagh farmer Mark Lewis hosted meeting focussed on growing and utilising forage maize within a year-round milk production system.

Armagh farmer Mark Lewis hosted meeting focussed on growing and utilising forage maize within a year-round milk production system.

The first few months of 2023 have seen a change in the economics of dairying. The price of a kilo of concentrate on most dairy farms is now above the price received for a litre of milk. What does this mean for dairy farmers?

Farmers Weekly readers have the chance to win a share of £500 – and see their work published – thanks to the Farmers Weekly Photography Competition 2021.

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FW Photography competition 2020: Winner of winners announced >More in A farmer’s son from Northern Ireland has taken the top prize in a record-breaking year for Farmers Weekly‘s annual photography competition. Our 2020 “winner of winners” is Alan Hopps, a dairying adviser from County Armagh who wowed the judges with this Massey Ferguson sunset shot. Alan bagged himself the £250 cash prize and th glory of being selected out of some 8,500 entries received...

FW photo competition 2020: Winners and best of the rest Oliver Hill and Tim Relf 18 December 2020 >More in It’s been a record-breaking year for  Farmers Weekly‘s ever-popular photography competition and the team has thoroughly enjoyed judging all of the 8,500 submissions. It took us a while, but we eventually managed to whittle your snaps down to a winner, runner-up and highly commended entry fo...