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Beef Welfare Scheme: faecal testing action explained

Participants who select this optional action must carry out two faecal egg counts with a minimum of four weeks between the first and the second tests.

ANIMAL HEALTH 26 August 2026

Beef Welfare Scheme: faecal testing action explained

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Financial risk too high to purchase sick weanlings

Financial risk too high to purchase sick weanlings

NEWS 26 August 2026

Lungworm vaccine to be withdrawn next year

Lungworm vaccine to be withdrawn next year

NORTHERN IRELAND 22 July 2026

Dry conditions to fix grass surplus

Dry conditions to fix grass surplus

Dry conditions to fix grass surplus

NORTHERN IRELAND 15 July 2026

Sheep Management: weather management, worm counts, straw and tagging

Sheep Management: weather management, worm counts, straw and tagging

Sheep Management: weather management, worm counts, straw and tagging

MANAGEMENT 8 July 2026

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How to identify haemonchus contortus early

How to identify haemonchus contortus early

The disease – which is increasing in prevalence – can hit flocks sporadically, resulting in rapid infection and possible mortality where the disease goes unnoticed.

ANIMAL HEALTH 1 January 1970

Nematodirus egg hatching has already peaked

Nematodirus egg hatching has already peaked

Hatching took place from the last week or March to first week of April in most areas leaving at-risk lambs susceptible to disease

BREEDING & HEALTH 1 January 1970

Irish Farmers Journal launches new ‘Farm Alert’ vaccine text reminder service

Irish Farmers Journal launches new ‘Farm Alert’ vaccine text reminder service

Stay on top of vaccines and doses with Farm Alert, the Irish Farmers Journal’s new text reminder service that turns herd health planning from complex to simple.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Farmer Writes: losing the derogation is not an option

Farmer Writes: losing the derogation is not an option

Despite the frustration at Corrin Mart, there was a real sense of solidarity - of farmers standing together for the future of Irish agriculture.

FARMER WRITES 1 January 1970

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