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Beef
Making a call on cattle to finish out of the shed
Kieran Mailey
With an extremely strong live ring, farmers should be looking through forward stores in the shed and deciding on what to finish, graze or offload.
 
 
Beef
Five tips for grazing through wet conditions
Dairy
Is protected urea the fertiliser of choice for this time of year?
Tillage
UK wheat exports hit 40-month high
Beef
Watch: grazing gets more difficult on Thrive demo farm
TOOLS & CALCULATORS


BEEF
Beef finishing
Making a call on cattle to finish out of the shed
With an extremely strong live ring, farmers should be looking through forward stores in the shed and deciding on what to finish, graze or offload.
DAIRY
Nitrogen
Is protected urea the fertiliser of choice for this time of year?
It's wet and windy and still pretty fresh, so what is the science saying on protected urea versus CAN? Áine Murray, Brian McCarthy and Patrick Forrestal of Teagasc report.
SHEEP
Replacements
Sheep health corner: dealing with entropion, a seldom but frustrating ailment
The condition generally expresses itself in newborn lambs in the first 24 hours of life and causes sore eyes and significant discomfort in lambs.
ANIMAL HEALTH
Animal health
Five tips to housing cattle for winter
With housing underway, outlined are some tips for bringing cattle indoors for the winter.


TILLAGE
Grain
UK wheat exports hit 40-month high
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board have stated that UK wheat exports hit a 40-month high in January.
MACHINERY
Sprayers
Quicker cleaning and new nozzle bodies for Fendt Rogator
Fendt has updated its self-propelled Rogator sprayers for 2023, with improved boom stability, electro-pneumatic nozzle bodies and a new system to reduce cleaning times.
BUILDINGS
Slurry
Department clarifies deadline for accelerated capital allowance scheme
The Department has sought to reassure farmers that the six month timeframe is due to be extended before the June deadline.
FARM SAFETY
Farm safety
Watch: hundreds of students attend Tullamore Farm open day
The Agri Aware Farm Walk and Talk event drew a huge crowd of students interested in farming and food production.


VIDEOS


FARM PROGRAMMES
Footprint Farmers
Big improvements in pH across Footprint Farms
The soil test results are back and, so far, show a steady increase in pH across the farms.
Management
Weather woes on Tullamore Farm
Adam Woods has the latest report from the Irish Farmers Journal beef and sheep farm.
Footprint Farmers
Two seasons in a week in Co Louth
Field work has stalled on Footprint Farmer Gareth Culligan's farm due to the bad weather.
From the Tramlines
From the Tramlines: weather halts fieldwork across the country
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers from Derry, Kilkenny and Meath as fields turn very wet across the country.
SPONSORED
How one beef farmer has made their life easier with Cultivate Farm Finance
Meet Hillary Courtney, a part-time beef farmer, who, like many farmers throughout Ireland, was looking at ways to improve her farm, but was hampered by access to farmer-friendly finance.
SPONSORED
Grazing off to a good start in Killorglin
The farming year has gone off to a good start on Donal Hayes's farm - the winner of the 2022 Kerry Agribusiness milk quality and sustainability award.
SPONSORED
Getting through a Quality Assurance inspection
Damien Murray, Origin Green Standards Co-Coordinator, explains what farmers need to do to be part of the Sustainable Beef and Lamb Assurance Scheme (SBLAS) - A step by step guide.
SPONSORED
Top five travel destinations you must experience in your lifetime
The world is full of incredible places just waiting to be explored. Travel Department has selected 5 lifetime destinations to inspire your next holiday.