Mid season lambing

Schemes update: ensure SIS mineral supplementation is offered for long enough

Under the Sheep Improvement Scheme action, supplementation must be provided to ewes for 60 days post-mating, with post-mating taken as the day ewes are joined with rams.

NEWS 21 November 2025

Schemes update: ensure SIS mineral supplementation is offered for long enough

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Tullamore Farm update: breeding progress and grazing forage rye

Tullamore Farm update: breeding progress and grazing forage rye

TULLAMORE FARM 12 November 2025

Monitoring breeding progress and ensuring ram lambs are up to task

Monitoring breeding progress and ensuring ram lambs are up to task

MANAGEMENT 25 October 2025

Focus on breeding to drive output in Carlow

Focus on breeding to drive output in Carlow

Focus on breeding to drive output in Carlow

MANAGEMENT 22 October 2025

Sheep Management: ram breeding, flock linkage and training lambs to eat meal

Sheep Management: ram breeding, flock linkage and training lambs to eat meal

Sheep Management: ram breeding, flock linkage and training lambs to eat meal

MANAGEMENT 15 October 2025

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Optimising grassland management this autumn

Optimising grassland management this autumn

Farmers in some parts of the country are in the positive position of almost having too much grass while others are struggling to build covers

MANAGEMENT 1 January 1970

Sheep Management: addressing ewe condition ahead of mating

Sheep Management: addressing ewe condition ahead of mating

There is more scope to address condition in later lambing flocks but there is still benefits to be gained by providing a nutritional boost to ewes in poor body condition.

MANAGEMENT 1 January 1970

Batch footbaths vital in overcoming lameness issues

Batch footbaths vital in overcoming lameness issues

Galway framer Michael Forde constructed a roofed batch footbath to help overcome a lameness outbreak which resulted in 20% lameness in his ewe flock.

FARM BUILDINGS 1 January 1970

Through the camera lens on Tullamore Farm

Through the camera lens on Tullamore Farm

A look at the last 12 months on Tullamore farm and some of the highlights on the Irish Farmers Journal beef and sheep demonstration farm.

MANAGEMENT 1 January 1970

Sheep Management: housing ewes, closing targets and feeding early lambing ewes

Sheep Management: housing ewes, closing targets and feeding early lambing ewes

With grass reserves depleting rapidly in recent weeks, many highly stocked flocks have found housing is on the horizon for all or a portion of ewes.

MANAGEMENT 1 January 1970

Space requirements when housing sheep as storm Darragh hits

Space requirements when housing sheep as storm Darragh hits

Mid-season flocks will now be housing ewes as grass supplies deplete, with feed space often the limiting factor when stocking pens.

MANAGEMENT 1 January 1970

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ESB Networks publishes farm safety booklet to support safer working environments

ESB Networks has released its updated farm safety booklet, a practical guide designed to help farmers, contractors and rural communities stay safe while working around electricity.

ESB Networks publishes farm safety booklet to support safer working environments