Dairy heifers
Contributor on 31 Mar 2021
Camera at the Mart: grass buyers set the tempo in Ballyjamesduff
Ballyjamesduff mart saw over 200 bullocks and 300 heifers pass through the ring at its weekly cattle sale on Tuesday. Manus Connolly was there to check out the trade.
Adam Woods on 24 Mar 2021
Calved dairy heifers in demand in Portumna
Adam Woods reports from the Mill Farm dairy sale held in Portumna last week.
Aidan Brennan on 10 Mar 2021
New entrant bucking the trend
Aidan Brennan visits Andrew Gardiner, a new entrant to dairy farming in Northern Ireland, to see how calving and grazing is progressing.
Darren Carty on 26 Feb 2021
Maiden dairy heifers average in excess of €1,000 in Tullow Mart
The strong breeding credentials of the heifers with an EBI in excess of €180 whet the appetite of more producers and added to an already buoyant trade.
Derek Robinson on 10 Feb 2021
Unravelling my annual benchmarking results
Derek Robinson has dairy heifers, sheep and beef cattle on his Co Down farm
David Wright on 27 Jan 2021
Path set out for a sustainable future
A Dairy Council NI publication sets out a number of key issues for the NI dairy industry to address into the future.
Adam Woods on 26 Dec 2020
Listen: what makes an Angus bull worth €8,600
Adam Woods was in Carrick-on-Shannon at the Elite Irish Angus show and sale of pedigree cattle and he caught up with the buyer and seller of the top priced male, Ernehill Samson.
Shane Murphy on 09 Dec 2020
Camera at the Mart: near 100% clearance at Fermoy annual dairy sale
Demand proved exceptionally strong throughout for the annual dairy sale in Fermoy.
Derek Robinson on 02 Dec 2020
Farmer Writes: hiccups with the contract heifers
After four trouble-free years of contract rearing dairy heifers a couple of issues emerged this year, writes Derek Robinson.
David Wright on 21 Oct 2020
Cutting the meal bill for dairy calf to beef
Kilkeel farmer James Henderson is aiming to feed less than 0.5t of concentrate per head in a calf-to-beef system
Tom Morrow on 26 Aug 2020
Northern Ireland diary of events
Tom Morrow outlines events that are taking place in the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
Shane Murphy on 02 Jul 2020
Light steers in high demand in Kilkenny
It proved another bumper week of entries at Kilkenny Mart's weekly store sale.
Peter McCann on 17 Jun 2020
Three-pronged approach to lungworm
Immunity, dosing and grazing all play a role in lungworm control. Peter McCann reports
Adam Woods on 17 Jun 2020
Calving at two years old: does it deliver?
Susan Moriarty (ICBF) discusses her research on the optimum age to calve dairy heifers
Derek Robinson on 20 May 2020
Watch: Farmer Writes – still coming to terms with dairy heifers
The thought of TB testing nervous cattle would bring a farmer out in night sweats, but these dairy heifers are just different, writes Derek Robinson
Jack Kennedy on 06 May 2020
Key numbers for each livestock sector
Darren Carty, Adam Woods and Aidan Brennan outline the changing numbers for the last number of years for dairy, suckler and sheep flocks.
Derek Robinson on 26 Feb 2020
Farmer Writes: stark difference in livestock margins
The dairy heifer-rearing enterprise on Derek Robinson's farm is delivering over twice the margin of beef and sheep.
Marcella Connolly on 29 Jan 2020
My Farming Week: Shane Dolan, Ongenstown, Bohermeen, Navan, Co Meath
Shane Dolan is a suckler farmer from Co Meath and also works full-time on a dairy farm. Here he gives Marcella Connolly an insight into his working life.
Shane Murphy on 23 Jan 2020
New ICBF calving figures go live
Calving difficulty and dairy beef index included in new ICBF genetic evaluations.
Peter McCann on 04 Dec 2019
DAERA clarifies contract heifer-rearing rules
In a contract rearing arrangement what happens if one of the herds goes down with TB? Peter McCann reports.