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Avoid costly lapses in suckler herd breeding performance

Martina Harrington from Teagasc warns that conception rates can be halved where cows face a major feed shortage in the days after breeding.

BREEDING & HEALTH 22 July 2026

Avoid costly lapses in suckler herd breeding performance

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Feeding options pros and cons

Feeding options pros and cons

SUCKLERS 10 June 2026

Blooming lambs love the creep feeder

Blooming lambs love the creep feeder

Blooming lambs love the creep feeder

FARMER WRITES 3 June 2026

Sheep management: creep feeding and potential hogget price deductions

Sheep management: creep feeding and potential hogget price deductions

Sheep management: creep feeding and potential hogget price deductions

MANAGEMENT 6 May 2026

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Contending with ongoing weather challenges

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 20 August 2025

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

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

The economics of rearing lambs artificially are heavily influenced by the volume of milk replacer fed and the duration of milk feeding.

MANAGEMENT 20 August 2025

Tidy twenty suckler set up in north Longford

Tidy twenty suckler set up in north Longford

Adam Woods reports from a Teagasc farm walk in Longford last week.

BREEDING & HEALTH 20 August 2025

Big return from creep-feeding weanlings

Big return from creep-feeding weanlings

The high-value of weanlings and performance boost achievable make creep feeding pre-weaning and pre-sale a no-brainer, not to mention the suckler scheme support payment.

BUILDINGS 20 August 2025

Achieving targets with healthy animals this autumn

Achieving targets with healthy animals this autumn

Martin Merrick details some of the key take home messages one of the two summer mart series hosted in Castleisland and Ballinasloe marts last week.

ANIMAL HEALTH 20 August 2025

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 20 August 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 20 August 2025

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Future-focused dairy farming: roadshow to share advice to drive profitability

Farmers looking to strengthen performance inside the farm gate are invited to attend a practical roadshow designed to help build more profitable, efficient and resilient dairy farms beyond 2026.

Future-focused dairy farming: roadshow to share advice to drive profitability

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