Grazing rotation

Avoid costly lapses in suckler herd breeding performance

Martina Harrington from Teagasc warns that conception rates can be halved where cows face a major feed shortage in the days after breeding.

BREEDING & HEALTH 22 July 2026

Avoid costly lapses in suckler herd breeding performance

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Another difficult year to manage grass

Another difficult year to manage grass

FARMER WRITES 10 June 2026

Sheep Management: grassland management, blowfly and shearing paperwork

Sheep Management: grassland management, blowfly and shearing paperwork

MANAGEMENT 27 May 2026

Beef Management: grass management, breeding preparation and vaccination

Beef Management: grass management, breeding preparation and vaccination

Beef Management: grass management, breeding preparation and vaccination

MANAGEMENT 8 April 2026

Be ready to turnout once conditions allow

Be ready to turnout once conditions allow

Be ready to turnout once conditions allow

MANAGEMENT 11 March 2026

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Grazing infrastructure checks ahead of 2026 season

Grazing infrastructure checks ahead of 2026 season

As calving has kicked off on suckler farms and dairy herds across the country, it’s important to ensure the grazing block is properly set up prior to the grazing season commencing.

BUILDINGS 1 January 1970

The Grass Week: how to manage targets with heavy rain promised

The Grass Week: how to manage targets with heavy rain promised

With a lot of rain promised in certain parts of the country over the weekend, farmers may need to target certain paddocks to keep meeting their autumn rotation targets.

GRASS & FEEDING 1 January 1970

Simplify farm advice about improving nature

Simplify farm advice about improving nature

The second 'Fields Good' regenerative agriculture festival took place in Co Antrim last weekend. Peter McCann reports

NORTHERN IRELAND 1 January 1970

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Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming

Tom Barry, tillage farmer: ‘I farm in Killavullen, north Cork, and I’ve been farming here since 1995’.

Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming