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Sheep
Lambing winding down after plenty of challenges
Darren Carty
Lambing in Tullamore farm has had plenty of ups and downs this year with adverse weather the standout challenge while abortion and the birth of weak lambs also raising concerns.
27 March 2024 Reseeding
Reseeding season almost here
Aidan Brennan takes a look at what articles are in the focus on reseeding and argues that there could be more reseeding done this year than normal.
20 March 2024 Northern Ireland
News round-up from Northern Ireland
Weekly round-up of news from across the farming industry in Northern Ireland
Date set for Teagasc's beef open day in Grange
Beef 2024 will take place in June in Grange, Co Meath, Teagasc has announced.
14 March 2024 News
Semple set for silage
Semple Stadium in Thurles hosted seven matches in the first eight weeks of the year and the surface is worse for wear, as a result.
13 March 2024 News
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.
21 February 2024 Grass & feeding
Teagasc 10 point action plan for dairy beef
Adam Woods reports from last week's launch of the stakeholder consultation process of the Teagasc ten-point action plan on dairy calf to beef systems in Ireland.
24 January 2024 Calves
Germinal to lead new €4m project on replacing chemical nitrogen
The project is funded by the UK government and aims to test and prove new pasture varieties on commercial farms that don’t require chemical nitrogen.
16 January 2024 News
Agri jobs: dairy farm manager in Cork and calving assistant in Scotland
A dairy farm in Mallow is looking for a farm manager, while an Irish farming family in Scotland requires a calving assistant to help with their spring calving sucklers for three months.
13 January 2024 News
Spring calving position on new Galway-based dairy farm
There are a variety of dairy farms across the country looking for workers. Here are a selection of jobs we have compiled this week.
25 November 2023 News
Focusing on 2024 as the grass season bows out with heavy rain
Heavy rainfall over the weekend has ended the grazing season for the fortunate few that were still out at grass, as the attention turns to next spring.
15 November 2023 Grass & feeding
Limerick family takes top prize at 2023 NDC and Kerrygold quality milk awards
A total of seven category awards were also presented to families who recorded outstanding performance.
7 November 2023 News