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Dairy management: calving, grazing and getting fertiliser spread
Aidan Brennan
Aidan Brennan has some advice for farmers in the throes of the busiest weeks of calving
5 February 2025 Management
Sheep management: ewe nutrition, colostrum and schmallenberg virus
Ewe nutrition in late gestation has a profound effect on lamb birth weights, colostrum quality and yield and ewe mothering ability.
4 February 2025 Management
Tips for storing colostrum at calving time
When freezing colostrum, use a container that provides a bigger surface area, as this makes it easy to defrost.
Seven key steps for success this lambing season
Preparation is half the battle when it comes to lambing down ewes; the other half is luck.
3 February 2025 Lambing
Dairy management: golden rules for successful calving season
Aidan Brennan outlines a list of things dairy farmers should be focusing on as the calving season kicks off nationwide.
3 February 2025 Management
Pull out all the stops to reduce mortality
Sheep farmers have never been heading in to a lambing season where every additional lamb or ewe saved has such a high potential value
29 January 2025 Lambing
Five basics to include in calving kit
Stocking up on the basics before calving time is a must on all suckler farms. Outlined are some examples of things to include in the calving kit.
25 January 2025 Management
Rearing dairy beef calves in Castlefinn
Adam Woods reports from the first Animal Health Ireland Calf Care event which took place in Donegal last week.
15 January 2025 Breeding & health
Gearing up for 1.6m births in three months
This week’s focus inside the Irish Farmers Journal is all about preparing for calving over the next few weeks.
15 January 2025 Breeding & health
New year, new price: rise in milk replacer costs
Adam Woods takes a look at milk replacer prices and where prices are in relation to 2024 figures.
15 January 2025 Calves
Beef management: scour vaccines and preventing coccidiosis
Adam Woods takes a look at scour vaccines and preventing coccidiosis in young calves in this week's beef management notes.
1 January 2025 Management
Cork farmers preparing for springtime
Getting ready for spring is one of the themes at next January’s Irish Grassland Association dairy conference. For Cork farmers Maeve O’Keeffe and Jack Kearney, each spring brings different challenges.
11 December 2024 Breeding & health