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Beef management: bedding materials, winter AI and soil testing

Martin Merrick gives advice on using appropriate bedding for your system, ensuring autumn calving cows get back in calf and soil testing over the winter period.

MANAGEMENT 17 December 2025

Beef management: bedding materials, winter AI and soil testing

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Tullamore Farm: Cull cow kill out and ewe breeding strategies

Tullamore Farm: Cull cow kill out and ewe breeding strategies

MANAGEMENT 17 December 2025

Beef Management: planning for Christmas, liver fluke and mineral supplementation

Beef Management: planning for Christmas, liver fluke and mineral supplementation

MANAGEMENT 10 December 2025

Managing newly purchased bulls

Managing newly purchased bulls

Managing newly purchased bulls

MANAGEMENT 7 December 2025

ICBF Beef Quality Awards: dairy farmer finisher

ICBF Beef Quality Awards: dairy farmer finisher

ICBF Beef Quality Awards: dairy farmer finisher

MANAGEMENT 3 December 2025

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Beef Management: condition scoring cows, lice control and withdrawal periods.

Beef Management: condition scoring cows, lice control and withdrawal periods.

Martin Merrick discusses condition scoring spring calving cows and feeding accordingly, lice control this winter and withdrawal periods on animal medicines.

MANAGEMENT 19 November 2025

850,000 samples genotyped so far in 2025

850,000 samples genotyped so far in 2025

Aidan Brennan looks at some of the statistics from the National Genotyping Programme and asks what's going to happen when the programme ends.

TAGGING 19 November 2025

ICBF Beef Quality Awards: dairy beef finisher

ICBF Beef Quality Awards: dairy beef finisher

Adam Woods and Martin Merrick profile the winners of the dairy beef section for ICBF’s Beef Quality Awards.

MANAGEMENT 19 November 2025

Using MyAgfood.ie to plan numbers and monitor nitrates figures

Using MyAgfood.ie to plan numbers and monitor nitrates figures

The new facility has valuable features including projecting nitrates figures, checking the age of animals at a future date and herd categorisation capabilities

MANAGEMENT 19 November 2025

Beef Management: autumn indoor breeding, TAMS and drafting cattle

Beef Management: autumn indoor breeding, TAMS and drafting cattle

Martin Merrick discusses managing autumn calving cows now that we are in breeding season, the upcoming TAMS deadline and drafting cattle for slaughter.

MANAGEMENT 19 November 2025

Autumn breeding: how to identify cows that under-deliver

Autumn breeding: how to identify cows that under-deliver

As breeding season approaches for autumn-calving herds, it is important to take a critical look at the herd.

MANAGEMENT 19 November 2025

Beef management: finishing diets, shed space and forage crops in frost

Beef management: finishing diets, shed space and forage crops in frost

Martin Merrick details some advice on finishing diets, ensuring adequate feeding and lying space and grazing forage crops in frosty weather.

MANAGEMENT 19 November 2025

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Maria Walsh MEP: bringing Irish farmers into the heart of Europe

Maria Walsh is a Fine Gael MEP for Midlands–North West and a full member of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee. She is a member of the EPP Group in the Parliament.

Maria Walsh MEP: bringing Irish farmers into the heart of Europe

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