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Top five tips on getting ready for housing
Adam Woods
Adam Woods takes a look at five tips on getting sheds ready for housing this winter.
28 August 2024 Breeding & health
Preventing pneumonia at weaning time
Adam Woods looks at measures to prevent health problems when weaning suckler calves.
28 August 2024 Animal Health
Autumn weather woes could add to health issues
Adam Woods previews this week’s special autumn animal health focus.
Beef Management: feed cull cows or sell on
In this week's Beef Management, Adam Woods takes a look at housing issues, feeding cull cows and looking after first calved heifers.
28 August 2024 Management
Five steps to housing cattle in wet conditions
Ground conditions are extremely poor on many farms following heavy rain this week, pushing many farmers into housing stock.
24 August 2024 Management
Beef Management: weather, buying weanlings and empty cows
Martin Merrick advises on how to cope with the wetter weather in the northwest, protocols on purchasing weanlings and what are the options with empty cows.
21 August 2024 Management
Five cattle management tasks for late August
Outlined are five management tasks to carry out on suckler farms going into late August.
17 August 2024 Management
Beef Management: Beef Welfare Scheme queries and buying weanlings
Adam Woods takes a look at some questions that came in this week on the new Beef Welfare Scheme along with looking for value when buying weanlings.
14 August 2024 Management
Watch: counting the health costs and cow technology costs on Tullamore Farm
Shaun Diver explains why the farm has installed health monitoring and heat detection collars on Tullamore Farm.
9 August 2024 Tullamore Farm
Be alert for lungworm in young cattle
Warmer temperatures will see worm burdens rapidly increasing on grazing swards, putting young cattle at higher risk of respiratory problems caused by lungworm.
16 July 2024 Management
Autumn calves locked out beef welfare scheme
Adam Woods has the latest on the new beef welfare scheme, including why autumn-born calves already sold won’t qualify for some of the payment.
10 July 2024 Breeding & health
Rearing 6,500 calves ‘McDonald’s-style’ in UK
Adam Woods visited Long Lane Farm this week, which rears 6,500 calves annually for the Buitelaar Group.
12 June 2024 Breeding & health