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Weather extremes hit suckler conception rates
John Egerton
Matching up prevailing weather and time of AI has revealed some interesting results, writes John Egerton
6 September 2023 Management
Dairy Management: grass, culling cows and key dates
Aidan Brennan says farmers should be taking advantage of the good growth to get well set up for autumn grazing.
30 August 2023 Management
Dairy management: Culling cows and managing grass
Aidan Brennan says that culling cows early is more profitable than milking them on for longer.
500,000 fewer suckler cows with no economic impact assessment?
Adam Woods takes a look at the latest suckler cow numbers and what the Teagasc projections mean for the suckler industry in 2030.
2 August 2023 Markets
Bovine TB rate hits new record high
Herd incidence for bovine TB in Northern Ireland has reached a new record high of 10.84%.
19 July 2023 Northern Ireland
Rural Independents seek impact assessment on national herd cull
Rural Independent TDs Michael Collins and Mattie McGrath will debate a motion in the Dáil on Wednesday highlighting the concerns of Irish farmers around a dairy herd cull.
26 June 2023 News
Almost 5,000 deer culled in Tipperary last year
Tipperary County Councillor John Cross has called for a more intensive cull of deer in the county.
24 June 2023 News
News Podcast: dairy cow cull and slurry warning
Listen in to this week’s news podcast for all the latest farming news. Hear about what you need to know in this week’s Irish Farmers Journal.
23 June 2023 News
Cull cow scheme to cost farmers millions
A cost analysis on any possible cow cull has not been carried out by the Department of Agriculture or Teagasc. Aidan Brennan and Declan O'Brien report.
21 June 2023 News
Elon Musk backing brave
Elon Musk has tweeted that culling cows is not the answer to climate change and a lot of people (152,000) have agreed with him.
7 June 2023 News
Army rangers should be considered for deer cull
Biodiversity loss and damage to agriculture such as crops, pasture and grazing were highlighted as the two most significant impacts of deer.
10 May 2023 News
Overwhelming support for cull to control deer
Biodiversity loss and damage to agriculture such as crops, pasture and grazing were highlighted as the two most significant impacts of deer.
8 May 2023 News