Sucklers
Phelim O'Neill on 24 Feb 2021
Teagasc forecasts 3% increase in 2021 farm incomes
Teagasc update outlook for farm incomes to reflect Brexit deal, and show a turn around from 18% drop with no deal to a 3% increase with the deal
Kieran Mailey on 16 Feb 2021
Beef management: time to scan autumn-calving cows
Mid- to late-February is a good time to scan autumn-calving cows. Barren animals should be marked for culling and replaced with in-calf heifers later in the year.
The Dealer on 10 Feb 2021
Pallaskenry College parts with sucklers
Pallaskenry college is the latest to ditch its sucklers and move to dairy calf to beef. Who will be next?
Kieran Mailey on 06 Feb 2021
Five tips for using calving aids
Knowing how to use calving aids properly will increase the number of live calves born this spring. Outlined are five tips to using calving aids.
Jack Kennedy on 29 Jan 2021
Watch: Farm Tech Talk - the Livestock Show
It's late January and while the fields are quiet, the trade is hot for cattle, lambs, ewes and milk price even looks good.
Amy Forde on 27 Jan 2021
Micheál Martin: has he made good on IFA AGM promises?
Taoiseach Micheál Martin will address the IFA AGM this Thursday. Amy Forde looks at the promises he made to farmers at last year’s AGM.
Photo Desk on 10 Jan 2021
This week in photos: farming through the frosty conditions
Our top farming photos from the week include Suffolk-cross ewes being brought in for lambing, dairy cows being fed pit silage, beet being moved, feeding Blonde sucklers and condition-scoring cows.
Barry Cassidy on 06 Jan 2021
Nollaig na mBan: our featured women farmers of 2020
The 12th and last day of Christmas, Nollaig na mBan is a chance to celebrate women, here’s a look back at some of the female farmers who featured in the Irish Farmers Journal in 2020.
Jack Kennedy on 28 Dec 2020
Smart prices for sucklers at Newport
There was nobody around the ring, but there were still plenty of buyers for sucklers at Newport Mart on Monday.
Photo Desk on 13 Dec 2020
This week in photos: harvesting leeks, relief milking and feeding dried-off cows
Our top farming photos from the past week include farmers feeding freshly dried off cows, harvesting leeks, relief milking and snaps from the Kingdom Co-op Mart show and sale.
Adam Woods on 10 Dec 2020
Watch: pedigree suckler herd dispersal in Elphin this weekend
The Woodview and Drumcrow pedigree herd dispersal sale is taking place this Saturday 12 December in Elphin Mart, with over 52 breeding females on offer.
David Wright on 11 Nov 2020
The path to profit with suckler cows
Running a profitable suckler system usually means calving heifers at around two years of age, not three.
Adam Woods on 11 Nov 2020
Listen: €9,000 record price as confidence surges in sucklers
Adam Woods reports on a resurgence in confidence in the suckler market.
Karen McCabe on 26 Oct 2020
Farmer Writes: chasing heifers and missing the Green Cert social scene
Karen McCabe has been busy helping a neighbour with some athletic heifers, but being confined to barracks for her studies.
Jack Kennedy on 09 Oct 2020
Watch: Farm Tech Talk - the Livestock Show
Adam Woods talks about what to remember when housing sucklers, while Darren Carty discusses drafting main crop lambs.
Adam Woods on 30 Sep 2020
Suckler cow numbers: what direction will they go in?
Adam Woods takes a look at some recent trends in the Irish suckler herd.
The Dealer on 30 Sep 2020
Support from the grassroots at the Irish Open
With land bordering the golf course at Hole 14, the O’Kane’s got comfortable in their front row seats.
Declan Marren on 30 Sep 2020
BDGP: What will I have to pay if I fail to meet 50% eligible female target?
Chris Daly from ICBF outlines an example of what it would cost a farmer with a reference number of 20 cows, should they fail to hit the 50% eligible female target at the end of October.
Tommy Moyles on 23 Sep 2020
My Farming Week: Jer O'Callaghan, Colla, Schull, Co Cork
Meet the west Cork farmer who has not let the amputation of his arm hold him back for one minute.
Katriona Kinsella on 09 Sep 2020
My Farming Week: John Murphy, Clochristic, Milford, Co Carlow
John farms beef, dairy and tillage alongside his parents and brother in Co Carlow. This month, he is preparing for the All-Ireland Ploughing Championships.