Lamb performance

Nematodirus egg hatching has already peaked

Hatching took place from the last week or March to first week of April in most areas leaving at-risk lambs susceptible to disease

BREEDING & HEALTH 15 April 2026

Nematodirus egg hatching has already peaked

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Q&A: New sheep evaluations

Q&A: New sheep evaluations

LAMBING 4 February 2026

Sheep management: finishing lambs indoors and reviewing straw supplies

Sheep management: finishing lambs indoors and reviewing straw supplies

MANAGEMENT 17 December 2025

Investigating the performance of ewes and lambs on upland grazing

Investigating the performance of ewes and lambs on upland grazing

Investigating the performance of ewes and lambs on upland grazing

NEWS 5 November 2025

Intensively finishing lambs – what to consider?

Intensively finishing lambs – what to consider?

Intensively finishing lambs – what to consider?

WINTER INDOOR MANAGEMENT 27 October 2025

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Focus on breeding to drive output in Carlow

Focus on breeding to drive output in Carlow

Teagasc BETTER farm sheep programme participant Eddie Gavin has implemented a defined breeding policy and closed his breeding flock except for purchasing rams

MANAGEMENT 3 July 2025

Sheep Management: keeping on top of deadlines

Sheep Management: keeping on top of deadlines

A number of deadlines are upon farmers to complete tasks in the sheep welfare scheme while closing stocks of fertiliser must be declared by 15 October 2025.

MANAGEMENT 3 July 2025

Attention to detail the key to targets in Glentraigue

Attention to detail the key to targets in Glentraigue

Martin Joe Kerrigan is doing the simple things right and seeing the rewards for it on his organic hill farm, writes Martin Merrick.

BREEDING & HEALTH 3 July 2025

Teagasc store lamb finishing calculator update

Teagasc store lamb finishing calculator update

The calculator is a useful resource in helping farmers purchasing store lambs to complete finishing budgets and is equally useful for farmers weighing up whether to sell or finish lambs.

MARKETS 3 July 2025

A recipe for improved flock performance

A recipe for improved flock performance

Galway farmer Michael Forde is bucking the national trend having increased ewe numbers while striving to improve the average performance of his mid-season lambing flock

MANAGEMENT 3 July 2025

Farm Tech Talk: easy-calving sucklers, derogation shock and Tullamore Farm

Farm Tech Talk: easy-calving sucklers, derogation shock and Tullamore Farm

This week's chat brings you an overview of an easy-calving suckler herd up north, the new shock to hit Ireland's bid for another derogation and a lamb performance update from Tullamore Farm.

NEWS 3 July 2025

Finishing organic hill lambs proving challenging

Finishing organic hill lambs proving challenging

The preliminary results from a study evaluating finishing systems for organic lambs were presented in the organic village at Sheep 2025

GRASS & FEEDING 3 July 2025

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Get more heifers in-calf, earlier – with synchronisation and fixed-time AI

If you are looking to tighten your calving pattern, take a page from the Hession brothers outside Tuam, Co Galway.

Get more heifers in-calf, earlier – with synchronisation and fixed-time AI

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