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Top five tips on getting ready for housing
Adam Woods
Adam Woods takes a look at five tips on getting sheds ready for housing this winter.
31 August 2024 Management
Five management tasks for autumn-calving herds
As autumn calving activity steps up on suckler farms, outlined are some tasks to keep on top of during September.
28 August 2024 Letters
Letter re star ratings for older cows
"Why are old cows disadvantaged in star rating?" - Anne Dunphy, Tintean, Ballinlough, Kill, Co Waterford
Suckler targets will be reviewed - Muir
The payment rate for the Suckler Cow Scheme will be confirmed later in the year and legislation on new farm schemes will be introduced at Stormont in September.
21 August 2024 Northern Ireland
Sucklers managing the environment out west
Oliver and Diane Keown farm across two contrasting parcels of land in Co Fermanagh. David Wright reports
21 August 2024 Northern Ireland
Removing the stock bull in spring-calving herds
Breeding activity should be low in spring-calving suckler herds, making it possible to remove the stock bull.
20 August 2024 Management
Farmer Writes: what to do before winter
Hopefully, the weather will do the decent thing, give us a good back end to the year and we’ll have weeks of grazing ahead of us yet, writes James Strain.
16 August 2024 Farmer Writes
Calm before the storm down under
Zac Elkin from Craigantlet in Co Down is currently managing a dairy farm in Canterbury, New Zealand
24 July 2024 Northern Ireland
Keep safety in mind with fieldwork and autumn calving
As fieldwork increases and autumn calving kicks off, always keep safety in mind when completing jobs.
23 July 2024 Management
Farm Safety Week: 10 tips for working with livestock
Livestock can be very unpredictable so handlers need to be confident and competent when handling them, the HSA outlines safety advice to stock personnel.
23 July 2024 News
My Farming Week: Jim McInerney, Tulla, Co Clare
Jim McInerney and his wife Trish are milking just over 100 cows in the parish of Tulla. On Sunday, they head to Croke Park to see their son David line out for Clare in the all-Ireland hurling final.
17 July 2024 News
Five tips to prepare for autumn calving
As autumn calving draws closer, outlined are some preparation tasks to carry out now.
13 July 2024 Management