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Beef Management: weighing, warm weather management and dung sampling

Martin Merrick discusses weighing weanlings in time to qualify for SCEP, managing stock and water supplies in warm weather and faecal sampling calves to make better informed decisions on dosing.

MANAGEMENT 8 July 2026

Beef Management: weighing, warm weather management and dung sampling

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Sheep Management: weather management, worm counts, straw and tagging

Sheep Management: weather management, worm counts, straw and tagging

MANAGEMENT 8 July 2026

The Grass Week: temporary grass shortage easily rectified

The Grass Week: temporary grass shortage easily rectified

GRASS & FEEDING 20 June 2026

Sheep management: drafting lambs, cobalt supplementation and blowfly protection

Sheep management: drafting lambs, cobalt supplementation and blowfly protection

Sheep management: drafting lambs, cobalt supplementation and blowfly protection

MANAGEMENT 17 June 2026

Feeding options pros and cons

Feeding options pros and cons

Feeding options pros and cons

SUCKLERS 10 June 2026

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Grass+ Beef: waiting on a sunny day

Grass+ Beef: waiting on a sunny day

Many farmers are hoping for sunshine towards the weekend to get some first cut wrapped up or paddocks mown out.

GRASS & FEEDING 15 April 2026

MartBids Database: another challenging week for bull weanlings

MartBids Database: another challenging week for bull weanlings

Bull weanlings have now endured four consecutive weeks of prices cuts, with prices easing by 5c/kg to 10c/kg on average.

MARKETS 15 April 2026

Weekend weather: fine weather to continue

Weekend weather: fine weather to continue

The high pressure system is set to continue into the weekend and next week, bringing mainly dry and mild weather, with spells of sunshine and some isolated showers.

NEWS 15 April 2026

Spring has finally sprung on Tullamore Farm

Spring has finally sprung on Tullamore Farm

It has been a challenging year with the last 30 cows and their calves turned outdoors this week coinciding with the start of the breeding season

TULLAMORE FARM 15 April 2026

Sheep Management: in-lamb yearling hoggets and marketing spring lambs

Sheep Management: in-lamb yearling hoggets and marketing spring lambs

Farmers with ewe hoggets to sell are reminded to check that they are not in lamb and also to check that they have not set permanent teeth.

MANAGEMENT 15 April 2026

Sheep management: SWS footbathing change and haemonchus contortus threat

Sheep management: SWS footbathing change and haemonchus contortus threat

The Department of Agriculture has revised the terms and conditions of the footbathing action with copper and zinc sulphate now permitted to be used.

MANAGEMENT 15 April 2026

Grass+ Beef: second round delayed while regrowth still low

Grass+ Beef: second round delayed while regrowth still low

Despite some recent increases in grass growth, regrowths on paddocks are still low and when the first round is complete, farm cover looks set to drop for many.

GRASS & FEEDING 15 April 2026

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How FJ Dynamics is supporting smarter decisions in the field

After more than two decades working with GPS technology, Tipperary contractor and dealer Robert O’Shea has witnessed precision farming become an increasingly important part of everyday farm management

How FJ Dynamics is supporting smarter decisions in the field

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