Management

Top 10 labour-saving ideas for dairy farms: drafting gates

In the latest edition of this ten-part series leading up to Dairy Day, Daire Cregg looks at automatic drafting gates as a way of reducing labour requirements on dairy farms.

MANAGEMENT 2 November 2026

Top 10 labour-saving ideas for dairy farms: drafting gates

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Checking in on youngstock ahead of housing

Checking in on youngstock ahead of housing

MANAGEMENT 2 November 2026

NI biomethane: ahead of the game, behind the curve

NI biomethane: ahead of the game, behind the curve

NORTHERN IRELAND 28 October 2026

Deadline looming for schemes weight recording

Deadline looming for schemes weight recording

Deadline looming for schemes weight recording

MANAGEMENT 28 October 2026

Beef management: grass supplies, lying space and autumn breeding

Beef management: grass supplies, lying space and autumn breeding

Beef management: grass supplies, lying space and autumn breeding

MANAGEMENT 28 October 2026

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Inadequate space allowance will hit performance

Inadequate space allowance will hit performance

Farmers attending Tullamore Mart on Tuesday night heard how insufficient lying space for finishing animals can result in 10kg to 20kg lighter carcase weights.

MANAGEMENT 28 October 2026

Sheep management: guarding against fertility issues, bluetongue virus and FYM

Sheep management: guarding against fertility issues, bluetongue virus and FYM

Raddling of rams is one of the best ways of quickly identifying ram sub fertility or infertility issues.

MANAGEMENT 28 October 2026

Maintaining milk quality in late autumn

Maintaining milk quality in late autumn

With heavy rainfall and difficult grazing conditions across the country in recent days, many herds are seeing a substantial decline in milk production and some issues with milk quality writes Brendan

MANAGEMENT 26 October 2026

Weekend weather: wet and windy conditions expected over coming days

Weekend weather: wet and windy conditions expected over coming days

Unsettled conditions are set to kick in from Friday and remain for the weekend and into next week, according to Met Éireann.

NEWS 23 October 2026

Dairy Management: teat sealing heifers and getting sheds winter-ready

Dairy Management: teat sealing heifers and getting sheds winter-ready

Preparing sheds for housing and organising to teat seal heifers are important management tasks this week writes Brendan Horan.

MANAGEMENT 21 October 2026

Weighing up finishing prospects for store lambs

Weighing up finishing prospects for store lambs

The best prospects are in longer-keep lambs with light hill lambs presenting as the best opportunity but requiring the most work

MANAGEMENT 21 October 2026

Beef management: calf weighing deadline and final days to spread FYM

Beef management: calf weighing deadline and final days to spread FYM

Martin Merrick discussed some upcoming events as well as deadlines for weighing of calves and spreading FYM.

MANAGEMENT 21 October 2026

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