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Karen McCabe runs a 15-cow suckler herd in Drumlegga, Cloone, Co Leitrim.
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Anything that isn’t calving in the next couple of weeks is being let loose as last winter was long enough on both man and beast.
Karen McCabe had to summon the vet for a cow calving that needed a Caesarean – and that's when the fun started, she writes.
After a quick rummage in the cow, I’d straightened out two bent front legs but I had an inkling it wasn’t going to be as simple as that.
We’ve always had a couple of badger setts on the farm, but they’ve never caused us any bother.
A yearling heifer didn’t figure out how to knock the lid off the feed tank after breaking out last week.
One wonders if prices will be similar when the next batch of calves are being sold, with bluetongue and Mercosur on everyone’s mind.
Writing up the due dates and bulls used into our high-tech AI notebook, I realised it’s the first time in over 30 years that we’ve not used a single Belgian Blue bull.
What does it take to build and operate a resilient dairy-beef enterprise? Operating as a fully standalone commercial entity, Tipperary Dairy Calf to Beef Demonstration Farm (Ballyvadin Beef Farm Ltd) offers farmers real-world data.