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Sheep Management: housing ewes, lameness control and sheep census

Grass supplies have been depleted on many farms leaving little option but to introduce supplementary feeding at grass or house ewes.

MANAGEMENT 10 December 2025

Sheep Management: housing ewes, lameness control and sheep census

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Sheep management: bluetongue virus, ewe condition and clean livestock policy

Sheep management: bluetongue virus, ewe condition and clean livestock policy

MANAGEMENT 3 December 2025

Using MyAgfood.ie to plan numbers and monitor nitrates figures

Using MyAgfood.ie to plan numbers and monitor nitrates figures

MANAGEMENT 26 November 2025

Sheep Management: inspection ready, reference numbers and pneumonia

Sheep Management: inspection ready, reference numbers and pneumonia

Sheep Management: inspection ready, reference numbers and pneumonia

MANAGEMENT 26 November 2025

Sheep Management: liver fluke, new antiparasitics regulation and lameness issues

Sheep Management: liver fluke, new antiparasitics regulation and lameness issues

Sheep Management: liver fluke, new antiparasitics regulation and lameness issues

MANAGEMENT 19 November 2025

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Sheep management: breeding progress, genotyped rams and weather management

Sheep management: breeding progress, genotyped rams and weather management

Priority should remain with breeding ewes for at least the first month of gestation to promote optimum development of the embryo(s) and attachment to the wall of the uterus.

MANAGEMENT 25 October 2025

Tullamore Farm update: breeding progress and grazing forage rye

Tullamore Farm update: breeding progress and grazing forage rye

Ewes are over halfway through their second breeding cycle with a low level of repeat activity evident, while ewe lambs have also been joined to rams.

TULLAMORE FARM 25 October 2025

Promoting optimum performance in breeding ewe lambs

Promoting optimum performance in breeding ewe lambs

Research has shown that for pregnant ewe lambs to have the best chance of rearing a lamb they should be gaining in the region of 80g liveweight during early and mid-pregnancy.

MANAGEMENT 25 October 2025

Sheep Management: complying with the CLP and supplementing lambs at grass

Sheep Management: complying with the CLP and supplementing lambs at grass

The high rainfall levels have left conditions increasingly challenging for supplementing lambs with high volumes of meal at grass.

MANAGEMENT 25 October 2025

Sheep Management: breeding ewe lambs, FECs for hill flocks and FYM deadline

Sheep Management: breeding ewe lambs, FECs for hill flocks and FYM deadline

The prospect of producing at least one lamb per ewe lamb joined to rams will be strongly influenced by the weight at joining and management post-mating.

MANAGEMENT 25 October 2025

Intensively finishing lambs – what to consider?

Intensively finishing lambs – what to consider?

The margin between purchase cost and finishing value is currently tight and, as such, achieving high levels of lamb performance is essential to maximise potential returns.

WINTER INDOOR MANAGEMENT 25 October 2025

Monitoring breeding progress and ensuring ram lambs are up to task

Monitoring breeding progress and ensuring ram lambs are up to task

It is important to monitor the activity of rams when joined with ewes, as it is not unknown for rams to raddle ewes but not serve correctly.

MANAGEMENT 25 October 2025

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Udder Vital Bolus to support vitality and resilience

Udder Vital Bolus can be used for animals with somatic cell count problems and during the transition period.

Udder Vital Bolus to support vitality and resilience

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