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Beef Management: grazing forage crops, pneumonia and TAMS

Martin Merrick outlines some tips for grazing forage crops this autumn/winter, pneumonia risk as more cattle are housed and what might be a wise investment under TAMS for beef farmers.

MANAGEMENT 29 October 2025

Beef Management: grazing forage crops, pneumonia and TAMS

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Beef Management: reducing stress at weaning, autumn breeding and winter health

Beef Management: reducing stress at weaning, autumn breeding and winter health

MANAGEMENT 8 October 2025

Farmer Writes: weather, weanlings and winter preparation

Farmer Writes: weather, weanlings and winter preparation

FARMER WRITES 8 October 2025

Farmer Writes: winter is coming

Farmer Writes: winter is coming

Farmer Writes: winter is coming

FARMER WRITES 24 September 2025

Beef Management: finishing cattle at grass, tetany control and weanlings

Beef Management: finishing cattle at grass, tetany control and weanlings

Beef Management: finishing cattle at grass, tetany control and weanlings

MANAGEMENT 3 September 2025

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New actions in €75/calf beef scheme

New actions in €75/calf beef scheme

In addition, the number of eligible calves for payment has risen from 40 to 45 this year.

NEWS 14 May 2025

Beef welfare scheme opens for 2025 with €25/calf increase available

Beef welfare scheme opens for 2025 with €25/calf increase available

Here’s what you need to know about the new and existing actions in this year’s National Beef Welfare Scheme.

SCHEMES 14 May 2025

Beef Management: meal feeding for NBWS dates and in-spec bonus criteria

Beef Management: meal feeding for NBWS dates and in-spec bonus criteria

Adam Woods takes a look at meal feeding dates for this year's suckler scheme along with in spec quality assurance criteria and scanning in suckler herds

MANAGEMENT 14 May 2025

Calf studies show benefit of more milk replacer

Calf studies show benefit of more milk replacer

A calf rearing event organised by Trouw Nutrition took place in Coleraine on Tuesday. Peter McCann reports

NORTHERN IRELAND 14 May 2025

Recording SCEP weights before selling weanlings

Recording SCEP weights before selling weanlings

It is important that farmers weigh and record weights of autumn-born calves before weaning and moving cattle of the farm.

NEWS 14 May 2025

Sheep Management: weaning decisions, weighing accuracy and health of sheepdogs

Sheep Management: weaning decisions, weighing accuracy and health of sheepdogs

The performance of lambs during the transition from suckling to weaning can be underpinned by having top-quality forage available.

MANAGEMENT 14 May 2025

Silage season, BISS scheme deadline and Suckler event in Monaghan

Silage season, BISS scheme deadline and Suckler event in Monaghan

In this week's beef management notes we take a look at silage cutting, the impending BISS deadline and a suckler event taking place in Co Monaghan.

MANAGEMENT 14 May 2025

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