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Beef Management: breeding, dosing and silage budgeting
Adam Woods
In this week's Beef Management, Adam Woods takes a look at breeding dates, dosing at turnout and doing a silage budget for winter 2024.
10 April 2024 Management
Beef management: Delayed turnout leads to housing issues
In this week's beef management notes, Adam Woods takes a look at coccidiosis.
10 April 2024 Management
Sheep management: new welfare scheme and managing poor weather conditions
This week, management notes detail the new Sheep Welfare Scheme, dealing with the pressure of inclement weather and hoggett supplementation.
Beef Management: Calf rearing and silage fertiliser
Adam Woods takes a look at calf rearing and silage fertiliser in this week's Beef Management.
27 March 2024 Breeding & health
Weighing weanlings, conserving straw and keeping cows clean at calving
In this week's beef management notes, Adam Woods takes a look at weighing weanlings, conserving straw supplies and keeping cows clean at calving.
21 February 2024 Management
Weekend weather: cloudy and wet, with heavy rain on Saturday
Met Éireann has forecast mixed weather for the weekend, with heavy rain and possible spot flooding on Saturday.
16 February 2024 News
Beef Management: SCEP texts, early grass and reducing meal feeding
Adam Woods takes a look at SCEP texts, compensatory growth and early grass in this week's Beef Management.
24 January 2024 Management
Beef Management: DNA calf registration, calving preparation and slurry spreading
In this weeks beef management notes beef editor Adam Woods takes a look at DNA calf registration, calving preparation and slurry spreading
17 January 2024 Management
Beef Management : slurry, cold weather issues and castrating bull weanlings
Adam Woods takes a look at slurry open season, cold weather management and castrating young bull weanlings in this week's Beef Management.
10 January 2024 Markets
Beef Management: soil sampling, 2023 accounts and fresh feed
Adam Wood takes a look at soil sampling, 2023 profit monitor completion and keeping fresh feed in front of animals.
3 January 2024 Management
Beef Management: winter finishing sums and weanling health
In this week's Beef Management, Adam Woods takes a look at the sums around winter finishing and weanling health.
6 December 2023 Management
Beef Management: ICBF indices, fluke and autumn bulls
This week's Beef Management takes a look at the changing ICBF indices and what it means for farmers, fluke control and managing finishing bulls.
29 November 2023 Management