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Beef
Beef Management: rearing calves, turnout and vaccinations
Adam Woods
Adam Woods takes a look at some of the detail around rearing dairy calves, a smooth turnout and keeping vaccinations up to date.
2 March 2025 Animal Health
The three Ps of calving a cow: preparation, patience and progress
Adam Woods takes a look at some tips around calving cows and being prepared for a busy calving season.
19 February 2025 Management
Large number of heifer calves born
Adam Woods has the latest update on Tullamore farm and how calving is progressing
Vet warns spring calvers about Schmallenberg risk
Early lambing sheep flocks across Northern Ireland experienced a sharp rise in abortions and malformations due to the virus.
12 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Issues with dispensing vet medicine a focus of new merchants' alliance
Merchants Alliance Ireland is being formed by the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society, Irish Licensed Merchants Association and Acorn Independent Merchants.
10 February 2025 News
Farmers warned of high lead poisoning risk for livestock in spring
Lead is highly toxic to animals, mainly affecting cattle and sheep, with calves being particularly at risk due to their increased susceptibility and curious nature.
9 February 2025 News
Big push to finish in Ballyvadin
Padraig French, Nicky Byrne and Chloe Millar take a look at performance to date on the Ballyvadin dairy calf to beef farm in Tipperary.
22 January 2025 Calves
Dairy beef budgets and suckler cow mart demos
Adam Woods takes a look at dairy beef budgets and buying calves in 2025, along with a preview of this week's suckler mart demo in Skibbereen in this week's beef management notes.
22 January 2025 Management
Schmallenberg hits early lambers in NI
Early lambing flocks and spring calving herds are particularly vulnerable as the susceptible gestation periods coincide with peak midge activity.
15 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Farmer left to bear costs after two sheep killed in dog attack
The attack took place in Ballylaneen in the early hours of Saturday morning 4 January. Ten more sheep were injured in the attack.
12 January 2025 News
Farmer Writes: TB breakdown after three clear years
Since we are a closed herd, I can’t buy in, so I just have to wait for the heifers to calve into the system.
12 January 2025 Farmer Writes
Concerns about incorrect of wormers for sheep scab
Six farmers in the project that used an injectable ML wormer to treat sheep scab agreed to be re-tested, with four of them returning a positive test result.
8 January 2025 Northern Ireland