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Sheep
Sheep management: liver fluke, straw supplies and biosecurity measures
Darren Carty
This week's notes touch on liver fluke treatment for outwintered ewes, ensuring earlier housing will not lead to straw supplies running out and risks to be aware of in buying foster ewes or pet lambs.
 
 
Tillage
Tillage management: a good time to look at some forward selling
Dairy
Dairy management: nitrogen, slurry and debt
Beef
Beef management: time for a mid-winter weight check on replacement heifers
Farm Programmes
Producing winter milk in Co Down
TOOLS & CALCULATORS


BEEF
Cattle weighing
Beef management: time for a mid-winter weight check on replacement heifers
Weighing replacement heifers midway through winter will give a good indication if animals are likely to meet target breeding weights.
DAIRY
Fertiliser
Dairy management: nitrogen, slurry and debt
Aidan Brennan looks at the best time to start spreading nitrogen, where to go with slurry and looks at dairy debt.
SHEEP
Liver fluke
Sheep management: liver fluke, straw supplies and biosecurity measures
This week's notes touch on liver fluke treatment for outwintered ewes, ensuring earlier housing will not lead to straw supplies running out and risks to be aware of in buying foster ewes or pet lambs.
ANIMAL HEALTH
Animal health
The BVD eradication programme: key messages for 2021
New Animal Health Law (AHL) comes into force in April 2021, requirements for recognition of BVD eradication programmes at EU level for the first time


TILLAGE
Soil testing
Tillage management: a good time to look at some forward selling
Lively markets provide an opportunity for forward sales which should at least be considered for a small amount of your grain.
MACHINERY
Bedding
Best in Claas for Westmeath goat farmers
Two years ago, Westmeath goat farmers Juergen and Claudia Marl invested in a new 115hp Claas Arion 430. Peter Thomas Keaveney took a trip to the midlands to find out how it has performed since.
BUILDINGS
Animal welfare
Effect of space allowance and floor type on performance
The recent Teagasc beef conference included a detailed presentation by Dr Bernadette Earley reviewing the performance of finishing cattle at various stocking rates and floor types.
FARM SAFETY
Farm safety
Leitrim students doing their bit for farm safety
Jane Carty and Grace McKeon from Carrick-on-Shannon Community School have produced helpful farm safety resources and presented them in their local primary school.


VIDEOS
KNOWLEDGE HUB05:12
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.
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KNOWLEDGE HUB31:20
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.
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KNOWLEDGE HUB33:57
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.
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KNOWLEDGE HUB02:59
Watch: Four-bay slatted suckler unit in Co Westmeath
 
KNOWLEDGE HUB01:03:16
Watch: In our final online episode for Virtual Dairy Day 2020, Aidan Brennan visits Daniel Rundle to talk about his farmyard design and possible options going forward. Stephen Connolly speaks to Aidan Lawless about how his multi-species swards is performing compared to the grass and clover swards in Johnstown Castle. Jack Kennedy speaks to Dominika Krol, Zoe Kavanagh and Brian Rushe about environmental challenges. Jack also speaks to Justin McCarthy and Mary Morrissey to discuss Covid-19 challenges in the dairy industry.
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KNOWLEDGE HUB35:06
Watch: In the second of three online episodes for Virtual Dairy Day 2020, Aidan Brennan speaks to Michael Boland about livestock handling facilities. Stephen Connolly speaks to Brian Hogan about maximising milk solids from grass. Jack Kennedy speaks to Dairygold CEO Jim Woulfe about investing more in milk processing.
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KNOWLEDGE HUB37:43
Watch: In the first of three online episodes for Virtual Dairy Day 2020, Jack Kennedy visits Ornua to speak to Norma Hanlon about the butter making process. Jacks also speaks to Iarlaith Smyth, president of Ornua Foods in North America, to finish the butter journey from Cork to Chicago. Aidan Brennan discusses calf management with Tom and Tadgh Butler and calf housing with Graham Swanton. Stephen Connolly visits his Navan Grassland Management group and speaks to host farmer Derek Croal on budgeting grass and how he plans to open up the farm next spring.
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KNOWLEDGE HUB26:38
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KNOWLEDGE HUB37:06
Watch: On this week’s show, we talk dairy beef with Adam Woods, fencing sheep with Darren Carty and Dairy Day with Aidan Brennan. We also talk to Mark Moloney from InTouch Nutrition about dry cow management.
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KNOWLEDGE HUB40:18
Watch: Dairylink Ireland participant Richard Marshall gives a virtual tour of calf rearing facilities for his autumn calving dairy herd.
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FARM PROGRAMMES
Dairylink
Dairylink webinar: there is more to dry cows than condition
Winter feed was the topic of discussion during a virtual tour of the Wallace farm in Co Down.
Dairylink
Producing winter milk in Co Down
A virtual farm walk took place on the Wallace farm in Co Down last week. Peter McCann reports.
NI Sheep Programme
NI Sheep Programme: time to benchmark the farm
The start of the year is an ideal time to review the flock performance and profitability during the previous year. Kieran Mailey reports.
Breeding & health
Thrive: dairy calf-to-beef weekly roundup
With the majority of the 2019-born stock now slaughtered, January provides the perfect time to reflect on last year's performance and prepare for the arrival of calves in spring.
MAGAZINES & SUPPLEMENTS
DAIRY
Dairy Day
COMMENT
2020 Vision
AGRIBUSINESS
AgriBusiness 2020
TILLAGE
Crop Protection
SPONSORED
The Evolution S4 saves time, reduces labour and ensures precision calf feeding
Dairy farmer Ciaran MacDonald tells us about some of the benefits that he has seen since installing a JFC Agri Evolution S4 automatic calf feeder.
SPONSORED
Why a Cork vet recommends vaccinating in the winter
Willie Buckley is a veterinary practitioner at Riverview Veterinary Group in Bandon. When an annual IBR programme became available, many of the practice’s herds switched over to it.
SPONSORED
Agricultural mechanisation: evolution of the combine harvester
At its core, the primary principle of the founding fathers of the modern New Holland was to make life easier for farmers.
SPONSORED
Specialist growers and mechanisation the future of vegetable production
Lorcan Bourke, fresh produce and potato manager for Bord Bia, analyses a sector made up of different crop types but common challenges.