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Beef
Big demand for bulls in Drumshanbo
Adam Woods
Adam Woods reports from Drumshanbo Mart’s weanling sale on Friday night
13 March 2024 Viewpoints
Weather woes strike again
Farmers are used to a certain amount of hardship – it’s almost part of the business.
21 February 2024 Grass & feeding
Four steps for early turnout to grass
Aidan Brennan has some advice for dairy and beef farmers to try and get cattle out to grass in early spring.
Watch: majority of herd calved after three weeks on Cork farm
Declan Collins visited Aidan and Sean O’Donovan in west Cork to get an update on how the calving season has progressed.
21 February 2024 Grass & feeding
Dairy Management: tricky grazing and fat cows
Aidan Brennan works out how to allocate grass in springtime to freshly calved cows.
7 February 2024 Management
Planning for spring grazing 2024 commences
With a tricky finish to autumn grazing, it’s still important to set the farm up for spring 2024, write Martin Merrick and Declan Collins.
11 October 2023 Grass & feeding
Finding space for nature in Finn Valley
Adam Woods visits the suckler to weanling category winners of the FBD National Livestock Show sustainability awards.
2 October 2023 Grass & feeding