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Beef
Five tips for grazing through wet conditions
Kieran Mailey
Grazing conditions have become increasingly difficult after a prolonged wet period. Outlined are five tips to keeping cattle settled at grass.
 
 
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
Beef
Five tips to managing cows and calves until turnout
TOOLS & CALCULATORS


BEEF
Grazing
Five tips for grazing through wet conditions
Grazing conditions have become increasingly difficult after a prolonged wet period. Outlined are five tips to keeping cattle settled at grass.
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
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.
Grass & feeding
Watch: grazing gets more difficult on Thrive demo farm
Declan Marren was on the Thrive demo farm this week, where grazing conditions have become a lot trickier since the wet weather returned last weekend.
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
Introducing SuperValu’s five Food Academy guest stars
Five existing Food Academy businesses have been chosen as guest stars for nationwide distribution.
SPONSORED
Light switch moment on Telford family farm
Derek Telford and his sons, Keith and Arnold, run a successful 650-sow farrow-to-finish unit in Co Tyrone