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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 3 December 2025

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

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Farmer Writes: losing the derogation is not an option

Farmer Writes: losing the derogation is not an option

FARMER WRITES 12 November 2025

Farmers urged to monitor worm burden in weanlings at event in Ennis Mart

Farmers urged to monitor worm burden in weanlings at event in Ennis Mart

NEWS 28 August 2025

Lessons for all farms in regenerative agriculture

Lessons for all farms in regenerative agriculture

Lessons for all farms in regenerative agriculture

NORTHERN IRELAND 27 August 2025

Vet views: farmers warned to watch out for coughing cattle and worms in calves

Vet views: farmers warned to watch out for coughing cattle and worms in calves

Vet views: farmers warned to watch out for coughing cattle and worms in calves

NEWS 23 July 2025

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Farmer Writers: ‘farmer's guilt’ at day out in Dublin

Farmer Writers: ‘farmer's guilt’ at day out in Dublin

Lucy Christie made her first ever trip to see a match at Croke Park last weekend.

FARMER WRITES 9 April 2025

News round-up from Northern Ireland

News round-up from Northern Ireland

Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.

NORTHERN IRELAND 9 April 2025

Sheep Management: faecal egg counts, store lambs and quarantine control

Sheep Management: faecal egg counts, store lambs and quarantine control

Faecal egg counts analysed for the purpose of scheme compliance must be submitted to a laboratory on the Department’s approved listing.

MANAGEMENT 9 April 2025

Our focus is often on the wrong end

Our focus is often on the wrong end

Derek Robinson has done his best to keep lambs healthy this grazing season.

FARMER WRITES 9 April 2025

The Inishowen farm producing 14 million worms a year

The Inishowen farm producing 14 million worms a year

Stephen Robb paid a visit to Living Green, an Inishowen-based company producing around 14 million worms each year for the fishing industry.

DIVERSIFICATION 9 April 2025

Worms: a threat to efficient production

Worms: a threat to efficient production

A combination of growing resistance to commonly used anthelmintics and the increased prevalence of barber’s pole worm is creating more challenges for sheep. producers

ANIMAL HEALTH 9 April 2025

Peak nematodirus egg hatching hitting some areas earlier

Peak nematodirus egg hatching hitting some areas earlier

Peak hatching is expected to occur in most areas in the early days of April while peak hatching occurred in many Atlantic coastal fringes at the end of March.

MARKETS 9 April 2025

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Udder Vital Bolus to support vitality and resilience

Udder Vital Bolus can be used for animals with somatic cell count problems and during the transition period.

Udder Vital Bolus to support vitality and resilience

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