Creep feeding

Contending with ongoing weather challenges

After weeks of inclement weather producers are hoping there may finally be some light at the end of the tunnel to get the lambing and grazing season back on track

GRASS & FEEDING 8 April 2026

Contending with ongoing weather challenges

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Sheep Management: artificially rearing lambs, creep feeding and milk lambs

Sheep Management: artificially rearing lambs, creep feeding and milk lambs

MANAGEMENT 18 March 2026

Tidy twenty suckler set up in north Longford

Tidy twenty suckler set up in north Longford

BREEDING & HEALTH 10 September 2025

Big return from creep-feeding weanlings

Big return from creep-feeding weanlings

Big return from creep-feeding weanlings

BUILDINGS 3 September 2025

Achieving targets with healthy animals this autumn

Achieving targets with healthy animals this autumn

Achieving targets with healthy animals this autumn

ANIMAL HEALTH 30 August 2025

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New suckler scheme – readers' questions answered

New suckler scheme – readers' questions answered

Interest in the National Suckler Beef Welfare Scheme appears to be strong, underpinned by a higher potential payment of €75 on a maximum of 45 calves.

NEWS 23 April 2025

Beef Management: grass supplies, weaning and scanning spring calvers

Beef Management: grass supplies, weaning and scanning spring calvers

Martin Merrick talks about autumn grassland management, weaning of calves and scanning spring calvers to identify where things went right or wrong.

MANAGEMENT 23 April 2025

Opening of €75/calf beef welfare scheme imminent

Opening of €75/calf beef welfare scheme imminent

The scheme is expected to open over the next week, with payment based on up to 45 calves and completion of up to three tasks.

NEWS 23 April 2025

Weekend weather: warm, wet and cloudy

Weekend weather: warm, wet and cloudy

Met Éireann has said that the weekend will be rather cloudy with spells of showers and highest temperatures of 17°C.

NEWS 23 April 2025

Beef Management: Beef Welfare Scheme, tetany and Coccidiosis

Beef Management: Beef Welfare Scheme, tetany and Coccidiosis

Adam Woods takes a look at Coccidiosis infection , tetany prevention and getting the all important BPS application lodged before the 15th May.

MANAGEMENT 23 April 2025

Sheep Management: creep feeding, grass management and SIS closing date

Sheep Management: creep feeding, grass management and SIS closing date

Grassland management has become more challenging this week, following torrential rainfall.

MANAGEMENT 23 April 2025

Actions confirmed for National Beef Welfare Scheme

Actions confirmed for National Beef Welfare Scheme

Mandatory meal feeding of calves pre- and post-weaning remains the mandatory core action, while vaccination returns as an optional action and is joined by silage testing and faecal egg testing.

NEWS 23 April 2025

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What exactly is contributing to high-quality silage in Kilkenny

For dairy farmers Leslie and Sam Caldbeck, producing high-quality silage is central to how their Kilkenny farm performs.

What exactly is contributing to high-quality silage in Kilkenny

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