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Beef
Weaning dairy calves, breeding dates and spraying docks
Adam Woods
In this week's Beef Management Adam Woods takes a look at weaning dairy beef calves, setting breeding dates for calving 2026 and controlling docks in 2nd cut silage.
11 June 2025 Buildings
Designing automatic calf feeder accommodation for smaller numbers
Martin Merrick looks at possible layouts for farmers rearing between 50-60 calves, with an eye on automatic feeding.
25 May 2025 Breeding & health
Five top tips for herd health plans
Adam Woods takes a look at some health-planning tips for dairy beef farms.
Planning for a healthy summer with stock
Adam Woods takes a look at this week’s special focus on summer health
21 May 2025 Breeding & health
Beef calf-rearing study outlined at Nuffield event
Natasha Ferguson reports from a Nuffield reception held at Balmoral Show.
21 May 2025 Northern Ireland
Almost 124,000 BISS applications submitted by May deadline
There was also 18,104 application to the National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme, 17,011 to the National Sheep Welfare Scheme and 1,947 to the CSP Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme.
21 May 2025 Schemes
Final push before attention turns to amendments
Farmers who still have land details to finalise should ensure that they get their 2025 BISS application submitted by the deadline of 15 May 2025 and avail thereafter of the amendment facility.
14 May 2025 Schemes
National herd loses 100,000 cows in 12 months
Adam Woods takes a look at the 2024 slaughter performance figures and recent trends.
14 May 2025 Markets
Dairy-beef AI sales up by 40%
AI companies have warned of a serious shortage of dairy replacement heifers in the country at present.
30 April 2025 News
Top call of €6,100 for Moyclare bull
There was a brisk trade for Hereford bulls in Golden Vale Mart, Kilmallock, on Friday 25 April, writes Nevan McKiernan
30 April 2025 Pedigree
What would you spend €50,000 on in the mart?
Adam Woods takes a look at some different options for grass buyers, and discusses whether there is any value in marts at the moment.
30 April 2025 Markets
Meet the beef finalists in the Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year awards
Aidan Brennan profiles the three beef farmer finalists in the 2024 Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year awards.
16 April 2025 Grass & feeding