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Beef Management: colostrum management, slurry and calf accommodation

Colostrum needs to be carefully managed and it must be ensured that calves receive adequate amounts in the first two hours of life.

MANAGEMENT 21 January 2026

Beef Management: colostrum management, slurry and calf accommodation

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Smart prep for spring calving: your essential kit

Smart prep for spring calving: your essential kit

MANAGEMENT 18 January 2026

New NI movement restrictions on 1 February

New NI movement restrictions on 1 February

CALVES 14 January 2026

Beef Management: young bulls, purchasing dairy beef calves and tagging

Beef Management: young bulls, purchasing dairy beef calves and tagging

Beef Management: young bulls, purchasing dairy beef calves and tagging

MANAGEMENT 14 January 2026

Strong starts begin with good preparation

Strong starts begin with good preparation

Strong starts begin with good preparation

MANAGEMENT 11 January 2026

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Tullamore Farm update: ewes scan at 1.88 lambs per ewe joined

Tullamore Farm update: ewes scan at 1.88 lambs per ewe joined

Ewe lambs meanwhile scanned at just over one lamb per ewe joined to rams in a three and a half week breeding season.

TULLAMORE FARM 24 December 2025

Beef Management: calving preparation, slurry and grazing infrastructure

Beef Management: calving preparation, slurry and grazing infrastructure

Martin Merrick runs through some key management practices ahead of the busy calving period and the opening of the slurry spreading closed period.

MANAGEMENT 24 December 2025

Do you need to spread slurry using LESS equipment in 2026?

Do you need to spread slurry using LESS equipment in 2026?

Farmers with a grassland stocking rate above 100kg organic nitrogen/ha in 2025 must apply slurry with low emission slurry spreading equipment in 2026.

SCHEMES 24 December 2025

Unusual tetany case highlights silage risks

Unusual tetany case highlights silage risks

Tetany isn’t just a spring problem. A recent case in a housed suckler cow has prompted calls for farmers to review mineral supplementation as magnesium deficiency may become a winter threat.

MANAGEMENT 24 December 2025

Take care disbudding and drenching this Christmas

Take care disbudding and drenching this Christmas

Farmers tackling routine jobs over the Christmas break are being urged to take extra care, after AFBI reports revealed serious injuries linked to common tasks.

MANAGEMENT 24 December 2025

Beef Management: weighing weanlings, scour vaccines and lice

Beef Management: weighing weanlings, scour vaccines and lice

Martin Merrick outlines some management tasks regarding weanling weights, vaccines and live control that will need to be done on farms in the next week or so.

MANAGEMENT 24 December 2025

TB control: why is it just more of the same

TB control: why is it just more of the same

The TB bug has been around for a very long time and is unlikely to change, however farming practice has radically changed since the abolition of milk quotas. Fintan Graham MRCVS gives his views.

MANAGEMENT 24 December 2025

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Northern Ireland’s largest indoor machinery showcase arrives at Balmoral Park

Want a first look at the farm machinery that will shape the season ahead?

Northern Ireland’s largest indoor machinery showcase arrives at Balmoral Park

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