Silage quality

Beef Management: weighing weanlings, scour vaccines and lice

Martin Merrick outlines some management tasks regarding weanling weights, vaccines and live control that will need to be done on farms in the next week or so.

MANAGEMENT 30 December 2025

Beef Management: weighing weanlings, scour vaccines and lice

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Five jobs for Christmas on beef farms

Five jobs for Christmas on beef farms

MANAGEMENT 23 December 2025

Dairy management: body condition scoring and getting ready for spring

Dairy management: body condition scoring and getting ready for spring

MANAGEMENT 17 December 2025

Do not allow flesh to melt off ewes

Do not allow flesh to melt off ewes

Do not allow flesh to melt off ewes

GRASS & FEEDING 10 December 2025

Beef management: finishing diets, shed space and forage crops in frost

Beef management: finishing diets, shed space and forage crops in frost

Beef management: finishing diets, shed space and forage crops in frost

MANAGEMENT 19 November 2025

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Beef Management: BCS of sucklers, autumn breeding and straw

Beef Management: BCS of sucklers, autumn breeding and straw

Martin Merrick discusses correcting cow BCS early, breeding in autumn calving herds and straw supplies heading in to the winter.

MANAGEMENT 30 April 2025

First-cut silage better quality than in 2024

First-cut silage better quality than in 2024

Silage analysis shows that first cuts in 2025 are better than that ensiled in 2024

NORTHERN IRELAND 30 April 2025

Balancing concentrates with silage quality and target gains

Balancing concentrates with silage quality and target gains

Martin Merrick reports from the recent farm walk hosted by Future Beef farmer John Barry where prepping for winter was the topic of the day.

WINTER FEED 30 April 2025

Good times in drystock can’t leave tillage behind

Good times in drystock can’t leave tillage behind

While good prices are seen across the dairy, beef and sheep sectors, we can’t forget the importance of supporting our tillage sector, writes Martin Merrick.

WINTER FEED 30 April 2025

90% of farms have enough fodder for coming winter – Teagasc

90% of farms have enough fodder for coming winter – Teagasc

This view from Teagasc is based on its recently updated national fodder survey, which shows that 90% of farms expect to have sufficient feed in place for the winter ahead.

NEWS 30 April 2025

Sticking with continentals in Tipperary

Sticking with continentals in Tipperary

Adam Woods previews this year’s Irish Grassland Association beef event which takes place on Tuesday 10th June.

GRASS & FEEDING 30 April 2025

Sheep management: Grazing management and silage quality

Sheep management: Grazing management and silage quality

May is a critical month for grassland management and setting the grazing area up to ensure quality for the main grazing season.

MANAGEMENT 30 April 2025

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'One of our best machinery purchases ever': Jim Mulhall on the Amazone ZA-V

'I’d go far as saying in all the machines and all the years we’ve been buying machinery here, this is probably one of the best purchases we’ve ever made.'

'One of our best machinery purchases ever': Jim Mulhall on the Amazone ZA-V

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