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Machinery
Bobman cubicle bedder saves 13 hours a week on Meath dairy farm
Gary Abbott
Co Meath dairy farming duo Elaine and Kevin Keaveny tell us how the purchase of a Bobman cubicle sweeper/bedder has impacted their farm.
Bobman cubicle bedder saves 13 hours a week on Meath dairy farm
 
 
Five tips for early season slurry spreading
Beef
Five tips for early season slurry spreading
Highest number of births last February
Focus
Highest number of births last February
Year in review and planning for 2025
Northern Ireland
Year in review and planning for 2025
Trailing and flexi shoes - what are the options on the Irish market?
Machinery
Trailing and flexi shoes - what are the options on the Irish market?
TOOLS & CALCULATORS


BEEF
Five tips for early season slurry spreading
Slurry
Five tips for early season slurry spreading
As the window for slurry applications opens in mid-Janaury in designated regions of the country, outlined are some tips to spreading in early spring.
DAIRY
Bobman cubicle bedder saves 13 hours a week on Meath dairy farm
Bedding
Bobman cubicle bedder saves 13 hours a week on Meath dairy farm
Co Meath dairy farming duo Elaine and Kevin Keaveny tell us how the purchase of a Bobman cubicle sweeper/bedder has impacted their farm.
SHEEP
Deciding what liver fluke product to use
Liver fluke
Deciding what liver fluke product to use
The recent liver fluke warnings has cast a spotlight on treatment and selecting the optimum product to use at this stage of the year.
ANIMAL HEALTH
Over 32,000 TB reactors removed in year up to June
Animal health
Over 32,000 TB reactors removed in year up to June
The Department’s TB figures continue to show a worsening of the disease’s trends in herds.


TILLAGE
Trailing and flexi shoes - what are the options on the Irish market?
Slurry
Trailing and flexi shoes - what are the options on the Irish market?
Peter Thomas Keaveney and Gary Abbott take an in-depth at the slurry tanker-mounted trailing shoe and flexi-shoe systems available on the Irish market.
MACHINERY
Bobman cubicle bedder saves 13 hours a week on Meath dairy farm
Bedding
Bobman cubicle bedder saves 13 hours a week on Meath dairy farm
Co Meath dairy farming duo Elaine and Kevin Keaveny tell us how the purchase of a Bobman cubicle sweeper/bedder has impacted their farm.
BUILDINGS
New Galway yard makes handling 100 cattle a one-person operation
Cattle handling
New Galway yard makes handling 100 cattle a one-person operation
A look at a newly erected large cattle yard, designed for safety of operator and cattle.
FARM SAFETY
Close to 33,000 applications in TAMS III so far
Farm safety
Close to 33,000 applications in TAMS III so far
Despite some IT setbacks and some poor reference costs, TAMS III has been a hugely popular scheme for farmers over the last two years.


VIDEOS


FARM PROGRAMMES
Tullamore Farm: attention turns to calving in Offaly
Management
Tullamore Farm: attention turns to calving in Offaly
Shaun Diver has an update on what's been happening on Tullamore Farm this week.
Would you like to take part in From the Tramlines?
From the Tramlines
Would you like to take part in From the Tramlines?
The Irish Farmers Journal is currently looking for farmers to take part in From the Tramlines for 2025.
Would you like to take part in From the Tramlines?
Management
Through the camera lens on Tullamore Farm
A look at the last 12 months on Tullamore farm and some of the highlights on the Irish Farmers Journal beef and sheep demonstration farm.
Watch: sowing multispecies swards in Laois
Footprint Farmers
Watch: sowing multispecies swards in Laois
Earlier this year, Footprint Farmer Andrew Mulhare trialled multispecies swards on his Laois drystock farm for the first time.
Getting through the first SBLAS audit SPONSORED
Getting through the first SBLAS audit
Damien Murray, Origin Green Producer Liaison & Standard Co-Coordinator gives a step by step guide for new suckler members of SBLAS facing their first audit.
Roscommon farmer praises quality of Triple AAA Golden MaverickSPONSORED
Roscommon farmer praises quality of Triple AAA Golden Maverick
Aidan McDonnell, based near Roscommon town, explains how using Triple AAA Golden Maverick has resulted in ‘minimal sickness’ among his herd.
CalfCare ’25 roadshow to promote calf health and good calf rearing practicesSPONSORED
CalfCare ’25 roadshow to promote calf health and good calf rearing practices
Seventeen farms nationwide will host CalfCare ’25, a collaborative roadshow by Animal Health Ireland (AHI) and Teagasc’s DairyBeef 500 campaign, promoting calf health and good calf-rearing practices.
Healthy hens, longer lay with MSDSPONSORED
Healthy hens, longer lay with MSD
With around eight million laying hens in the whole of Ireland, egg production is a growing sector