Crop on camera: herbicide applied
Weeds emerged over the past week and allowed herbicide to be applied. Nutrition was also applied where needed.
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Fertiliser spreader health check
Gary Abbott and Peter Thomas Keaveney offer some advice worth considering to ensure your spreader continues to perform well this summer.
Fertiliser spreader health check
Gary Abbott and Peter Thomas Keaveney offer some advice worth considering to ensure your spreader continues to perform well this summer.
Fertiliser spreader health check
Gary Abbott and Peter Thomas Keaveney offer some advice worth considering to ensure your spreader continues to perform well this summer.
Watch back: Tullamore Farm sheep and lambing webinar
The event gave an overview of the sheep system, with a focus on lambing, breeding, early lactation management and animal health.
Crop on camera: herbicide applied
Weeds emerged over the past week and allowed herbicide to be applied. Nutrition was also applied where needed.
Fertiliser spreader health check
Gary Abbott and Peter Thomas Keaveney offer some advice worth considering to ensure your spreader continues to perform well this summer.
Calving facilities and Department of Agriculture specifications
Calving facilities and isolation boxes are currently eligible for grant aid under TAMS II but they must be built to Department of Agriculture specification.
Five tips for making farms a safe workplace
With many farmers preoccupied with calving and fieldwork, it is easy to forget about safety measures. Outlined are five areas to always keep safety in mind.
Watch: Agricultural science case study videos: This week, we hear from pig farmer Shane (video 4) about the importance of sustainability on Irish pig farms. Topics discussed in this episode includes water scarcity, optimising water use and wastage, reducing energy usage and emissions on the farm, alternatives to chemical fertilisers and the benefits of a reduced stocking rate.
Watch: Livestock Spring Series: Session 2 – Dairy Calf to Beef Systems. Our second in the series focused on the use of beef genetics on the dairy herd and discussed the challenges faced in ensuring a viable dairy beef calf industry in Ireland.
Panellists for the night included members of the Irish Farmers Journal livestock team: Adam Woods, Aidan Brennan, Darren Carty and Declan Marren as well a Joe Burke of Bord Bia.
Watch: Livestock Spring Series: Session 1 – Calving. Hosted by CEO and editor of the Irish Farmers Journal Justin McCarthy, the evening’s panel included beef specialist Declan Marren; dairy editor Aidan Brennan; and veterinary practitioner Donal Lynch.
The panel discussed final preparations for the calving season as well as pre-calving diets, mineral supplementation, colostrum management, correct use of the calving jack and giving the newborn calf the best start in life.
Watch: In the first of the From the Tramlines technical discussion of the year, Stephen Robb and Andy Doyle are joined by experts from Gouldings Fertiliser, Wolf Trax and the farming industry to discuss the role of micro-nutrients in crop productions
Watch: International Pizza Day: Here's a typical pizza night at Janine Kennedy's house.
Watch: The Sustainable Farm Insights Programme is supported by the Irish Farmers Journal and Glanbia Ireland. The economic challenges of Irish farmers is well known and the aim of this programme is to help tackle these challenges and assist Irish farmers across all enterprises. In the second episode we look at the importance of biodiversity and see how it will deliver on our sustainability goals.
Watch: To help farmers understand the importance of soil to their businesses, the Sustainable Farm Insights programme supported by the Irish Farmers Journal and Glanbia Ireland, has produced a soil health video. The video includes visits to a drystock, dairy and tillage farm to look at soil health in individual fields. All three farmers are working to preserve and improve their soils.
Watch: In this short video Aidan Brennan and Siobhán Walsh identify changes to be made on farms under the new nitrates rules coming into effect on January 1 2021.
Watch: On this week’s show, Jack Kennedy talks dairy beef with Declan Marren, rising meal prices with Darren Carty and he also catches up with Olin Greenan a Monaghan dairy farmer in New Zealand on all things from milk prices to weather.
Watch: On this week’s show, we talk winter feed and Cavan football with Adam Woods, fluke and lameness with Darren Carty and dairy day and dry off with Aidan Brennan.
Watch: Thrive dairy calf to beef demo farm update
The 140 yearling cattle are enjoying good grazing conditions while the 150 calves have started to be weaned on the demo farm.
Tullamore Farm: what are the options?
Adam Woods talks to Paul Crosson, Teagasc, Grange about some options for Tullamore Farm and what it would mean to the bottom line and our environmental footprint.
Dairylink: managing the switch to spring calving
A review into performance on Frank Goodman’s farm has recently been carried out.
Thrive weekly roundup: transitioning calves to grass and demo farm update
This week's Thrive roundup looks at managing the transition to grass for calves, while, on the demo farm, straw intake in calves is still significant.
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