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Farmer Writes: Dealing with the present and planning for the future
Tommy Moyles
Scanning results are in for the heifers on Tommy Moyles' farm at Ardfield, Clonakilty while the consequences of the weather mean decisions regarding grazing keep changing.
21 August 2024 News
Empty rates in cows on par with 2023 levels
Cows being under stress, poor-quality semen and improper administration were all given as possible reasons for the low sexed semen figures.
19 June 2024 Management
Beef Management: grazing stemmy covers, fly control and scanning
Martin Merrick details how best to utilise heavy covers, controlling flies to prevent summer mastitis and why an early scanning of cows may be beneficial to farmers.
Beef management notes: controlling docks, under-16-month bulls and culling
In this weeks beef management notes, Adam Woods takes a look at controlling docks, finishing under-16-month bulls and culling hard in the suckler herd.
5 June 2024 Management
Milk production on the wind-down in NZ
Zac Elkin from Craigantlet in Co Down is currently managing a dairy farm in Canterbury, New Zealand.
15 May 2024 Northern Ireland
Scanning autumn calving cows before turnout
If autumn-calving cows have yet to be scanned, it is a job worth carrying out before turnout.
26 March 2024 Management