Sheep Breeding
Kieran Mailey on 20 October 2021
NI Sheep Programme: Positive start to breeding season
The breeding season is under way for the programme farmers operating in lowland areas. Kieran Mailey reports.
Adam Woods on 13 October 2021
Department to 'monitor' herd prescription usage
Adam Woods has details of the joint Oireachtas committee on agriculture meeting which took place last week.
Darren Carty on 9 October 2021
Taking one final look at your planned lambing date
With concentrate costs continuing to increase, but market forecasts remaining strong, it may be prudent where you have not reviewed your lambing date in some time to see if it is still the best fit for your system.
Jack Kennedy on 8 October 2021
Watch or listen: Farm Tech Talk - The Livestock Show
Early October and rain threatens to cut short grazing in some parts of the country, but farming must go on.
Darren Carty on 18 September 2021
Getting the timing right for mineral supplementation under SWS
Ewes can be supplemented via a number of methods, including dosing, blousing, mineral lick buckets or a combination of these.
John Sleigh on 15 September 2021
Texel ram tops £65,000 in Kelso
John Sleigh reports from the Kelso ram sales held in Scotland last week.
Adam Woods on 8 September 2021
Brockagh ewe sale ready for the off
The Brockagh Perth Blackface Sheep Breeders Association sale will take place on Friday 10 September.
John Sleigh on 1 September 2021
50 years of research on Scottish hill farms
The SRUC’s farms in Kirkton and Auchtertyre stretch to 2,200ha and are home to 1,400 breeding ewes spanning across some of the most challenging terrain with an average rainfall level of 2.6m/year.
Adam Woods on 25 August 2021
ICSA frustrated at lack of progress on vet medicines issue
Adam Woods spoke to Hugh Farrell about the ICSA's frustration at the current level of communication with the Department of Agriculture surrounding animal medicines.
Jack Kennedy on 20 August 2021
Watch: Farm Tech Talk - CAP queries and nitrates rules
With farmers still asking a lot of questions about plans for the new CAP and new rules proposed on nitrates, we talk about what it all means for farmers.
Darren Carty on 18 August 2021
‘I was dosing and feeding lambs but they were still losing weight’
Fermanagh farmer Trevor Nixon gave an honest account during last week’s webinar of how lamb performance was hammered by anthelmintic resistance in 2020.
Adam Woods on 18 August 2021
Merchants criticise government handling of proposed medicine changes
Adam Woods speaks to Ian Scott, secretary general of the Independent Licensed Merchant Association.
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