Grazing

Home Farm: rain ruins spraying plans

Obviously we have all the cattle in at this stage. The latest ones to be housed put on absolutely no weight over the last month or six weeks.

VIEWPOINTS 10 December 2025

Home Farm: rain ruins spraying plans

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Do not allow flesh to melt off ewes

Do not allow flesh to melt off ewes

GRASS & FEEDING 10 December 2025

Tullamore Farm: breeding coming to an end in sheep flock

Tullamore Farm: breeding coming to an end in sheep flock

TULLAMORE FARM 28 November 2025

Farmer Writes: sun sets on the 2025 grazing season

Farmer Writes: sun sets on the 2025 grazing season

Farmer Writes: sun sets on the 2025 grazing season

FARMER WRITES 26 November 2025

Farmer Writes: Irish farmers paying the price for EU red tape

Farmer Writes: Irish farmers paying the price for EU red tape

Farmer Writes: Irish farmers paying the price for EU red tape

FARMER WRITES 26 November 2025

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Tillage Management: ploughing, wet weather and cover crops

Tillage Management: ploughing, wet weather and cover crops

Ploughing is allowed from Monday, but land is very wet at present and wont be trafficable for most people.

NEWS 12 November 2025

Inishowen farm is a diamond in the rough in Co Donegal

Inishowen farm is a diamond in the rough in Co Donegal

A pair of derelict cottages add some potential spark to an Inishowen grazing farm that is currently on the market in the extreme north of the county.

FOR SALE 12 November 2025

VistaMilk leads new research into greenhouse gas mitigation

VistaMilk leads new research into greenhouse gas mitigation

Research aims to develop strategies to reduce enteric methane from pasture-based dairy systems in a cost-effective manner.

NEWS 12 November 2025

Bumper acorn crop sees increase in sheep poisonings

Bumper acorn crop sees increase in sheep poisonings

Acorns are toxic to sheep, cattle and horses and can prove fatal if ingested.

NEWS 12 November 2025

The Grass Week: wintry conditions persist for grazing forage crops

The Grass Week: wintry conditions persist for grazing forage crops

While grazing grass paddocks has all but ended, farmers are now looking into grazing of forage crops, with the recent weather not being ideal for this.

GRASS & FEEDING 12 November 2025

AFBI warns of acorn poisoning in sheep

AFBI warns of acorn poisoning in sheep

AFBI has warned of rising oak toxicity after sheep deaths were confirmed.

NORTHERN IRELAND 12 November 2025

Grass+ Beef: heavy rain in south and east to end grazing

Grass+ Beef: heavy rain in south and east to end grazing

Heavy rainfall over the next few days looks set to end the last bit of grazing for many farmers, particularly in Munster and south Leinster.

GRASS & FEEDING 12 November 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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