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Beef Quality Awards: CBV suckler finisher finalists

Adam Woods and Martin Merrick take a look at the suckler finisher finalists in the ICBF CBV competition, taking place over the next few weeks.

NEWS 12 November 2025

Beef Quality Awards: CBV suckler finisher finalists

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Winter feeding period critical for weight gains

Winter feeding period critical for weight gains

GRASS & FEEDING 22 October 2025

Beef management: lime, closing paddocks and silage testing

Beef management: lime, closing paddocks and silage testing

MANAGEMENT 15 October 2025

Superior Angus genetics paying off for AAQB suppliers

Superior Angus genetics paying off for AAQB suppliers

Superior Angus genetics paying off for AAQB suppliers

NORTHERN IRELAND 8 October 2025

Farmer Writes: always learning on the farm

Farmer Writes: always learning on the farm

Farmer Writes: always learning on the farm

FARMER WRITES 20 August 2025

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Farmer Writes: weighing up options to finish dairy beef

Farmer Writes: weighing up options to finish dairy beef

If Derek Robinson is to secure a £75 headage payment, his dairy beef bullocks will need to be finished over the winter.

FARMER WRITES 5 February 2025

Home Farm: Winter barley wobbles

Home Farm: Winter barley wobbles

Our two-row winter barley is showing definite signs of having had enough wind and rain after the continuous downpours at the end of last week.

VIEWPOINTS 5 February 2025

More lambs weighed and breeding winding down on Tullamore Farm

More lambs weighed and breeding winding down on Tullamore Farm

Farm manager Shaun Diver and Rachel Gallagher give an update on what’s been going down this week on Tullamore Farm.

TULLAMORE FARM 5 February 2025

Weaning dairy calves, breeding dates and spraying docks

Weaning dairy calves, breeding dates and spraying docks

In this week's Beef Management Adam Woods takes a look at weaning dairy beef calves, setting breeding dates for calving 2026 and controlling docks in 2nd cut silage.

MANAGEMENT 5 February 2025

Home Farm: downpours threaten silage plans

Home Farm: downpours threaten silage plans

We are now feeding the remaining beef cattle with silage made at least two if not three years ago as we get to the end of the pit.

VIEWPOINTS 5 February 2025

Farmer Writes: strong beef price can only be seen as a good thing

Farmer Writes: strong beef price can only be seen as a good thing

I would like to see the people who put in the hard work of breeding and calving cows getting well paid for it, because God knows we’ve done it long enough for nothing.

FARMER WRITES 5 February 2025

Black cattle on green grass: why roan mania hasn’t hit Australia

Black cattle on green grass: why roan mania hasn’t hit Australia

Angus cattle are king across much of Australia and the trend is not set to change any time soon, writes Barry Murphy.

FEATURE 5 February 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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