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Beef
Five tips to prepare stock bulls for breeding
Kieran Mailey
For suckler herds calving in early spring, breeding is one month away, so thoughts should be turning towards getting stock bulls prepared in good time.
10 April 2024 News
New sheep welfare scheme unveiled
Farmers can avail of payment of €8/ewe for completing two tasks from a list, including shearing, condition-scoring, plunge-dipping and clostridial disease vaccination.
10 April 2024 Management
Dairy management: how much fertiliser to spread when the weather improves?
Aidan Brennan looks at the amount of fertiliser that should be applied on grazing ground and silage ground when the weather improves.
Farmers urged to get cows out on grass
Too many farmers are waiting for four or five days dry weather rather than grazing areas of the farm that can carry stock.
3 April 2024 News
Steps for dealing with the wet weather
Aidan Brennan and Declan Collins look at some of the practical things farmers can do to manage during this wet weather crisis.
3 April 2024 Grass & feeding
Beef breeding 2024 ready to roll
Adam Woods previews what’s inside this week’s special beef breeding focus ahead of the busy 2024 breeding season.
3 April 2024 Breeding & health
Dairy Management: dealing with tight fodder supplies
Aidan Brennan has some advice for farmers dealing with dwindling silage stock as the continuous rain hampers grazing.
27 March 2024 Management
Dairy management: steps to prevent milk fever
Aidan Brennan looks at some of the ways to reduce the risk of milk fever particularly in later-calving cows this spring.
11 March 2024 Management
Keeping calves healthy on Tullamore Farm
Adam Woods take a look at what Tullamore Farm manager Shaun Diver is doing to keep calves healthy.
28 February 2024 Animal Health
Teagasc to take greater role in hill farming
The Teagasc director Frank O’Mara says the advisory body is progressing a more coordinated research approach for uplands areas along with including the topic in its education programme.
21 February 2024 News
Dairy management: grazing, blue cards and milk fever
There is a lot of anger over delays to getting blue cards returned and tags breaking, writes Aidan Brennan.
21 February 2024 Management
What feeds represent good value in 2024?
At the recent Teagasc lowland sheep conferences, Teagasc’s Tim Keady outlined the relative value of feeds and detailed the organisation's concentrate formulation for this season.
11 February 2024 Lambing