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Dairy Management: setting heifer calves up for a good summer

Heifer calves can often be forgotten about once they go to grass, but there’s still a couple of jobs that need to be done to set them up for a good summer, writes Daire Cregg.

MANAGEMENT 10 June 2026

Dairy Management: setting heifer calves up for a good summer

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Should you cut surplus paddocks in wet weather?

Should you cut surplus paddocks in wet weather?

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Vet’s Corner: Coccidiosis in calves

Vet’s Corner: Coccidiosis in calves

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Sheep management: grass tetany, nematodirus and weighing accuracy

Sheep management: grass tetany, nematodirus and weighing accuracy

Sheep management: grass tetany, nematodirus and weighing accuracy

MANAGEMENT 29 April 2026

Breeding has begun on Tullamore Farm with 39 heifers served

Breeding has begun on Tullamore Farm with 39 heifers served

Breeding has begun on Tullamore Farm with 39 heifers served

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Nematodirus egg hatching has already peaked

Nematodirus egg hatching has already peaked

Hatching took place from the last week or March to first week of April in most areas leaving at-risk lambs susceptible to disease

BREEDING & HEALTH 18 June 2025

Beef Management: TB changes, fodder supplies and coccidiosis

Beef Management: TB changes, fodder supplies and coccidiosis

Martin Merrick outlines some of the recent changes to TB testing for cows and boosting fodder supplies early in the summer.

MANAGEMENT 18 June 2025

Sheep Management: payment numbers, SWS application and nematodirus

Sheep Management: payment numbers, SWS application and nematodirus

There is more scope to reduce ewe numbers in the sheep welfare scheme outside of actions being completed but be mindful that numbers must be retained for the sheep improvement scheme

MANAGEMENT 18 June 2025

Vet views: farmers warned to watch out for coughing cattle and worms in calves

Vet views: farmers warned to watch out for coughing cattle and worms in calves

Caoimhe Sheridan spoke to a number of vets around the country to find out what issues are currently prominent on Irish farms.

NEWS 18 June 2025

Cutting out fertiliser for sheep grazing

Cutting out fertiliser for sheep grazing

AgriSearch held an event on Greg O'Boyle's farm near Randalstown last week. Peter McCann reports

NORTHERN IRELAND 18 June 2025

Our focus is often on the wrong end

Our focus is often on the wrong end

Derek Robinson has done his best to keep lambs healthy this grazing season.

FARMER WRITES 18 June 2025

Dairy management: important time for calf health

Dairy management: important time for calf health

Aidan Brennan says the wet weather in recent weeks has been a challenge for calf health and that now is the time to start dosing regimes.

MANAGEMENT 18 June 2025

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