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Sheep Management: artificially rearing lambs, creep feeding and milk lambs

The economics of rearing lambs artificially are heavily influenced by the volume of milk replacer fed and the duration of milk feeding.

MANAGEMENT 18 March 2026

Sheep Management: artificially rearing lambs, creep feeding and milk lambs

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Weather disrupting spring grazing plans

Weather disrupting spring grazing plans

MANAGEMENT 18 March 2026

Sheep Management: sheep nitrates calculations, fertiliser and lamb turnout

Sheep Management: sheep nitrates calculations, fertiliser and lamb turnout

MANAGEMENT 11 March 2026

Be ready to turnout once conditions allow

Be ready to turnout once conditions allow

Be ready to turnout once conditions allow

MANAGEMENT 11 March 2026

Stone-clad sheep shed impresses in Malin

Stone-clad sheep shed impresses in Malin

Stone-clad sheep shed impresses in Malin

BUILDINGS 11 March 2026

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Bower School TY students through to All-Ireland young enterprise final

Bower School TY students through to All-Ireland young enterprise final

This week Cathal Gormley caught up with TY students from the Bower school in Athlone to talk about winning the 2026 County Final in Westmeath and progressing to the All-Ireland finals in May.

MANAGEMENT 18 February 2026

Sheep Management: lambing, marketing hoggets and slaughter suitability

Sheep Management: lambing, marketing hoggets and slaughter suitability

Ground conditions remain challenging with grass utilisation under pressure and growth rates at a low level.

MANAGEMENT 18 February 2026

Sale average up €500/head at Lanark auction

Sale average up €500/head at Lanark auction

The South of Ireland Lanark Sheep Breeders recent timed auction met excellent demand, with in-lamb sheep selling for a fine average price of €1,473/head.

PEDIGREE 18 February 2026

Sheep Management: soil sample validity, grass management and TAMS deadlines

Sheep Management: soil sample validity, grass management and TAMS deadlines

Soil samples taken from 15 September 2022 will remain valid for 2026 with samples taken before this no longer valid for Nitrates purposes.

MANAGEMENT 18 February 2026

Opportunities for marketing hill lambs

Opportunities for marketing hill lambs

Farmers attending last week’s Teagasc hill sheep conference heard about improved market dynamics for light hill lambs, but were told that the optimum outlet remains for heavier carcases.

MANAGEMENT 18 February 2026

Sheep Management: liver fluke, clean livestock policy and soil samples

Sheep Management: liver fluke, clean livestock policy and soil samples

Quick action is needed where a threat of liver fluke infestation is suspected with reports of losses from the disease in recent weeks.

MANAGEMENT 18 February 2026

Sticking with sheep on the Dingle peninsula

Sticking with sheep on the Dingle peninsula

Michael Fitzgerald operates a mixed upland sheep and store-to-beef enterprise at the foothills of the Conor Pass on the Dingle Peninsula.

MANAGEMENT 18 February 2026

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Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

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