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Sheep management: finishing lambs indoors and reviewing straw supplies

The performance of lambs being finished outdoors is poor; higher performance attainable where lambs can be finished indoors.

MANAGEMENT 17 December 2025

Sheep management: finishing lambs indoors and reviewing straw supplies

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Sheep Management: housing ewes, lameness control and sheep census

Sheep Management: housing ewes, lameness control and sheep census

MANAGEMENT 10 December 2025

Sheep management: bluetongue virus, ewe condition and clean livestock policy

Sheep management: bluetongue virus, ewe condition and clean livestock policy

MANAGEMENT 3 December 2025

Using MyAgfood.ie to plan numbers and monitor nitrates figures

Using MyAgfood.ie to plan numbers and monitor nitrates figures

Using MyAgfood.ie to plan numbers and monitor nitrates figures

MANAGEMENT 26 November 2025

Sheep Management: inspection ready, reference numbers and pneumonia

Sheep Management: inspection ready, reference numbers and pneumonia

Sheep Management: inspection ready, reference numbers and pneumonia

MANAGEMENT 26 November 2025

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Sheep Management: liver fluke, new antiparasitics regulation and lameness issues

Sheep Management: liver fluke, new antiparasitics regulation and lameness issues

Farmers planning to stock up on antiparasitics before the new legislation is introduced on 1 December should plan carefully what they actually need to avoid purchasing unnecessarily.

MANAGEMENT 27 October 2025

Sheep management: breeding progress, genotyped rams and weather management

Sheep management: breeding progress, genotyped rams and weather management

Priority should remain with breeding ewes for at least the first month of gestation to promote optimum development of the embryo(s) and attachment to the wall of the uterus.

MANAGEMENT 27 October 2025

Tullamore Farm update: breeding progress and grazing forage rye

Tullamore Farm update: breeding progress and grazing forage rye

Ewes are over halfway through their second breeding cycle with a low level of repeat activity evident, while ewe lambs have also been joined to rams.

TULLAMORE FARM 27 October 2025

Promoting optimum performance in breeding ewe lambs

Promoting optimum performance in breeding ewe lambs

Research has shown that for pregnant ewe lambs to have the best chance of rearing a lamb they should be gaining in the region of 80g liveweight during early and mid-pregnancy.

MANAGEMENT 27 October 2025

Sheep Management: complying with the CLP and supplementing lambs at grass

Sheep Management: complying with the CLP and supplementing lambs at grass

The high rainfall levels have left conditions increasingly challenging for supplementing lambs with high volumes of meal at grass.

MANAGEMENT 27 October 2025

Sheep Management: breeding ewe lambs, FECs for hill flocks and FYM deadline

Sheep Management: breeding ewe lambs, FECs for hill flocks and FYM deadline

The prospect of producing at least one lamb per ewe lamb joined to rams will be strongly influenced by the weight at joining and management post-mating.

MANAGEMENT 27 October 2025

Intensively finishing lambs – what to consider?

Intensively finishing lambs – what to consider?

The margin between purchase cost and finishing value is currently tight and, as such, achieving high levels of lamb performance is essential to maximise potential returns.

WINTER INDOOR MANAGEMENT 27 October 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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