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Beef
Maternal traits and quality silage the backbone of Sligo suckler operation
Martin Merrick
Trevor Boland is running a tight ship with his 50-cow part time suckler herd, with cow fertility, milk and high DMD silage the major building blocks in this success.
13 April 2024 Management
Five tips to prepare stock bulls for breeding
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.
3 April 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: no dry weather for March
With any luck it will be dry this week, but the forecast at the weekend didn't give me much optimism.
Reseeding season almost here
Aidan Brennan takes a look at what articles are in the focus on reseeding and argues that there could be more reseeding done this year than normal.
27 March 2024 Reseeding
How to pick a successful bull team
Aidan Brennan looks at some of the recent developments when it comes to picking a bull team and outlines the things to watch out for.
18 March 2024 Spring AI
Soil fertility not ‘sexy’, but key to sustainable production – Teagasc scientist
Farmers need to focus on getting the basics of food production right, Dr David Wall tells online Teagasc Soil Conference.
26 February 2024 News
Specifications announced for TAMS herd health monitoring
A popular new addition to TAMS III, specifications for herd health and fertility monitoring systems have now been released by the Department. Martin Merrick reports.
7 February 2024 Management
Flock numbers 'well down', sheep scanners say
Most sheep farmers across the country are seeing good scanning rates despite all the bad weather. However, the scanners are noticing a “big shift backwards in sheep numbers.”
10 January 2024 News
Move to robots pays off for Bellemont Holsteins
The McCollum family run the 500 cow Bellemont Holstein herd outside Coleraine and last week, they held an open day outlining their system. Kieran Maily reports.
6 December 2023 Northern Ireland
Choosing the right system for profit and lifestyle
GD Young will speak at the Irish Grassland Association dairy conference on his experiences of running a high-input and grass-based system.
6 December 2023 Grass & feeding
Scientists tackling livestock emissions problem
Leading research institutes held a conference in Belfast about ruminant methane. Peter McCann reports
29 November 2023 Northern Ireland
Total fertiliser sales in 2023 have fallen by 18%
This drop marks a 33% reduction in fertiliser sales since 2021.
22 November 2023 News