Management Notes

€22m National Sheep Welfare Scheme launched

The scheme offers payment of up to €13 per ewe in return for completion of three actions with the application deadline on 15 May 2026.

NEWS 1 April 2026

€22m National Sheep Welfare Scheme launched

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Weekend weather: unsettled with showers and breezy spells

Weekend weather: unsettled with showers and breezy spells

NEWS 23 January 2026

Weekend weather: mixed forecast across bank holiday

Weekend weather: mixed forecast across bank holiday

NEWS 24 October 2025

Beef Management Notes: getting ready for housing and avoiding pregnant heifers

Beef Management Notes: getting ready for housing and avoiding pregnant heifers

Beef Management Notes: getting ready for housing and avoiding pregnant heifers

MANAGEMENT 24 September 2025

Beef Management: weaning, SCEP targets and closing date for Beef Welfare Scheme

Beef Management: weaning, SCEP targets and closing date for Beef Welfare Scheme

Beef Management: weaning, SCEP targets and closing date for Beef Welfare Scheme

MANAGEMENT 17 September 2025

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Buying weanlings, dehorning calves and live tech talks at the ploughing

Buying weanlings, dehorning calves and live tech talks at the ploughing

This week, Beef Management takes a look at buying weanlings, dehorning calves and previews what's on the Irish Farmers Journal stand at the National ploughing championships.

MANAGEMENT 25 July 2025

Beef Management: finishing cattle at grass, tetany control and weanlings

Beef Management: finishing cattle at grass, tetany control and weanlings

In this week's beef management notes Adam Woods takes a look at finishing cattle at grass, vaccinating calves and tetany control in sucklers.

MANAGEMENT 25 July 2025

Weekend weather: heavy downpours forecast for Saturday

Weekend weather: heavy downpours forecast for Saturday

Met Éireann has forecast an unsettled weekend of weather ahead, with wind and rain across the country.

NEWS 25 July 2025

Weekend weather: cloudy with scattered showers

Weekend weather: cloudy with scattered showers

Met Éireann has forecast a cloudy weekend with high temperatures of 18°C to 22°C and scattered showers.

NEWS 25 July 2025

Weekend weather: mostly cloudy but largely dry

Weekend weather: mostly cloudy but largely dry

Met Éireann has said that the weekend will be largely dry with patchy rain across the country. There will be a mix of cloud and sunny spells.

NEWS 25 July 2025

Weekend weather: sunny spells with scattered showers

Weekend weather: sunny spells with scattered showers

Met Éireann has said that there will be a mixture of cloud, with sunny spells developing. This will be interrupted by scattered showers across the weekend.

NEWS 25 July 2025

Weekend weather: good lot of dry weather with passing showers

Weekend weather: good lot of dry weather with passing showers

Met Éireann has said that the weekend ahead will be mainly dry, with a good lot of dry weather.

NEWS 25 July 2025

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BVD – the silent risk that still remains

Irish farmers have made remarkable progress in the fight against bovine viral diarrhoea. Since 2013, the number of persistently infected calves has fallen from over 16,000 to 485 in 2024.

BVD – the silent risk that still remains

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