Livestock

Worsening weather wearing farmers down
Aidan Brennan says the current weather conditions are hard on man and beast as the workload and costs pile up.
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Sheep price update: Trade brimming with confidence
Sheep price update: Trade brimming with confidence
Plants are keen to make up for a day’s less processing and have been active over the weekend in sourcing sheep to get the kill back on track quickly on Tuesday.
Slump in New Zealand beef and sheep farm incomes
Slump in New Zealand beef and sheep farm incomes
New Zealand beef and sheep farm incomes for the 2023/24 season are expected to fall to levels last experienced in the 1980s.
All roads lead to Elphin for Charolais Premier
Shanon Kinahan has all the details you need around the upcoming Irish Charolais Cattle Society premier show and sale.
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Intra-nasal vaccination: a corner stone in calf rearingSPONSORED
Intra-nasal vaccination: a corner stone in calf rearing
Tom Crowley is a busy man! As well as being a family man, he works off farm doing farm building and repairs. On the farm he’s built up a pedigree herd of Aubracs and is rearing 50 dairy-to-beef calves
Bolstering immunity with Bovilis Bovipast RSP: reduce and control pneumoniaSPONSORED
Bolstering immunity with Bovilis Bovipast RSP: reduce and control pneumonia
Sarah Higgins, ruminant and equine veterinary manager with MSD Animal Health, answers some frequently asked questions on bovine respiratory disease (BRD) and Bovilis Bovipast RSP.
Labour friendly vaccination in Co. MayoSPONSORED
Labour friendly vaccination in Co. Mayo
John Sheridan’s family farm near Ballinrobe, Mayo, combines cattle and pigs, but it’s the 500-sow farrow to finish pig unit that is his passion. It’s a high-welfare operation and it’s PRRS virus free.
Beware of fallen poles and cablesSPONSORED
Beware of fallen poles and cables
Open eir manages the largest fibre and copper telecommunication networks in Ireland, continuously expanding, enhancing and maintaining the infrastructure.
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