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Tullamore Farm: bulls set sail for Italy and students fly in from Kansas
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Shaun Diver has the latest update from the Irish Farmers Journal beef and sheep demonstration farm in Tullamore.
Tullamore Farm: grazing comes to a close as cull cows start to move
22 November 2024 Management
Tullamore Farm: grazing comes to a close as cull cows start to move
Shaun Diver has the latest update from Tullamore Farm, including this week's TB test, cull cow carcase weights and feeding wholecrop silage.
Tullamore bulls - decision time: finish or sell weanlings?
20 November 2024 Management
Tullamore bulls - decision time: finish or sell weanlings?
Adam Woods takes a look at the 2024-born bull weanlings on Tullamore Farm as the farm decides whether to finish or sell on.
Tullamore Farm: sheep mating progresses as suckler herd weaning completed
Farm manager Shaun Diver gives an update on what’s happening on Tullamore farm, as breeding progresses well in the ewe flock while the last of the beef calves have been weaned.
8 November 2024 Tullamore Farm
Tullamore Farm update: over 50% of ewes served in first week
After a slow couple of days at the outset mating activity has ramped up while ewe lambs will be joined with rams at the end of this week, Shaun Diver reports
30 October 2024 Tullamore Farm
Tullamore Farm update: cattle coming in and rams going out
Shaun Diver gives an update on what has been happening on Tullamore Farm this week.
18 October 2024 Management
Watch: counting the health costs and cow technology costs on Tullamore Farm
Shaun Diver explains why the farm has installed health monitoring and heat detection collars on Tullamore Farm.
9 August 2024 Tullamore Farm
Sucklers or sheep: which left biggest margins?
Adam Woods takes a look at the Tullamore Farm financial performance for 2023.
31 July 2024 Breeding & health
Quarantine protocol for buying in sheep on Tullamore Farm
The risk of bringing disease into a flock when purchasing sheep can be greatly reduced by having a good biosecurity policy in place.
28 July 2024 Sheep breeding
Tullamore Farm: fodder budget complete as second cut settles in pits
With the second cut pit now settled, a fodder budget has been done on Tullamore Farm to assess fodder stock for the winter ahead.
26 July 2024 Tullamore Farm
Heat-detection collars facilitating 100% AI in Tullamore Farm
One of the key differences implemented on the farm this year, was the purchase of heat-detection collars for the suckler herd.
24 July 2024 Management
Sustainability in focus at the Tullamore Farm Open day
Visitors will see soil test results, biodiversity, clover and combi crop topics covered at the sustainability stand.
21 July 2024 Tullamore Farm