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Sheep Management: artificially rearing lambs, creep feeding and milk lambs

The economics of rearing lambs artificially are heavily influenced by the volume of milk replacer fed and the duration of milk feeding.

MANAGEMENT 18 March 2026

Sheep Management: artificially rearing lambs, creep feeding and milk lambs

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Tidy twenty suckler set up in north Longford

Tidy twenty suckler set up in north Longford

BREEDING & HEALTH 10 September 2025

Big return from creep-feeding weanlings

Big return from creep-feeding weanlings

BUILDINGS 3 September 2025

Achieving targets with healthy animals this autumn

Achieving targets with healthy animals this autumn

Achieving targets with healthy animals this autumn

ANIMAL HEALTH 30 August 2025

New suckler scheme – readers' questions answered

New suckler scheme – readers' questions answered

New suckler scheme – readers' questions answered

NEWS 20 August 2025

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Beef Management: grass supplies, weaning and scanning spring calvers

Beef Management: grass supplies, weaning and scanning spring calvers

Martin Merrick talks about autumn grassland management, weaning of calves and scanning spring calvers to identify where things went right or wrong.

MANAGEMENT 23 April 2025

Opening of €75/calf beef welfare scheme imminent

Opening of €75/calf beef welfare scheme imminent

The scheme is expected to open over the next week, with payment based on up to 45 calves and completion of up to three tasks.

NEWS 23 April 2025

Weekend weather: warm, wet and cloudy

Weekend weather: warm, wet and cloudy

Met Éireann has said that the weekend will be rather cloudy with spells of showers and highest temperatures of 17°C.

NEWS 23 April 2025

Beef Management: Beef Welfare Scheme, tetany and Coccidiosis

Beef Management: Beef Welfare Scheme, tetany and Coccidiosis

Adam Woods takes a look at Coccidiosis infection , tetany prevention and getting the all important BPS application lodged before the 15th May.

MANAGEMENT 23 April 2025

Sheep Management: creep feeding, grass management and SIS closing date

Sheep Management: creep feeding, grass management and SIS closing date

Grassland management has become more challenging this week, following torrential rainfall.

MANAGEMENT 23 April 2025

Actions confirmed for National Beef Welfare Scheme

Actions confirmed for National Beef Welfare Scheme

Mandatory meal feeding of calves pre- and post-weaning remains the mandatory core action, while vaccination returns as an optional action and is joined by silage testing and faecal egg testing.

NEWS 23 April 2025

Will it pay to creep feed lambs?

Will it pay to creep feed lambs?

Prices have trended at a higher level in recent years, but even so, exploiting creep feeding to its maximum potential is dependent on drafting lambs before seasonal price pressure.

MANAGEMENT 23 April 2025

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Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

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