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Beef Management Notes: vasectomised bulls, bull fertility and TB

Where planning to use a vasectomised bull then the procedure should be carried out at least eight weeks before the bull is required

MANAGEMENT 1 April 2026

Beef Management Notes: vasectomised bulls, bull fertility and TB

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Focus on breeding at Newford open day

Focus on breeding at Newford open day

SUCKLERS 4 March 2026

Beef Management: autumn indoor breeding, TAMS and drafting cattle

Beef Management: autumn indoor breeding, TAMS and drafting cattle

MANAGEMENT 26 November 2025

Labour saving tips from our 'Twenty ways to spend €20,000' online series

Labour saving tips from our 'Twenty ways to spend €20,000' online series

Labour saving tips from our 'Twenty ways to spend €20,000' online series

AGRI TECHNOLOGY 19 November 2025

Improving herd genetic gain with cow tech

Improving herd genetic gain with cow tech

Improving herd genetic gain with cow tech

NORTHERN IRELAND 27 August 2025

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Twenty ways to spend €20,000: automated heat detection aids

Twenty ways to spend €20,000: automated heat detection aids

In a new series on evaluating spending options on dairy farms, Daire Cregg looks at the costs involved in automated heat and health detection aids on dairy farms and asks if it is a good investment.

BREEDING & HEALTH 30 April 2025

Fewer cows streamline Tipp operation

Fewer cows streamline Tipp operation

Daire Cregg reports from the Tegasc/Dairygold joint programme farm walk on the farm of Mark Lonergan in Rosegreen, Co Tipperary.

NEWS 30 April 2025

Dairy Management: managing stemmy grass paddocks

Dairy Management: managing stemmy grass paddocks

Aidan Brennan writes that managing grass quality is going to be tricky over the coming weeks as grass goes to head.

MANAGEMENT 30 April 2025

My Farming Week: Seán Kelly, Kilruane, Co Tipperary

My Farming Week: Seán Kelly, Kilruane, Co Tipperary

Sean Kelly recently picked up the Mr. Personality title 2025, with the young Tipp man having being involved in Macra both locally and nationally for many years now.

NEWS 30 April 2025

Breeding begins with heifers synchronised on Tullamore Farm

Breeding begins with heifers synchronised on Tullamore Farm

The 2025 calving season wrapped up on Tullamore Farm last week, with 75 cows calved down. Attention now turns to the 2025 breeding season, writes Shaun Diver

BREEDING & HEALTH 30 April 2025

MSD Animal Health sells 300,000th SenseHub collar

MSD Animal Health sells 300,000th SenseHub collar

The landmark was reached after Laois dairy farmers Liam and Padraig Hyland bought the live heat detection and early warning health alert collars from sales manager Billy Heffernan.

NEWS 30 April 2025

Beef Management: heat detection, grass growth and worming suckler calves

Beef Management: heat detection, grass growth and worming suckler calves

Martin Merrick gives advice on heat detection in the busy breeding season, managing grass growth going forward and the best approach for dealing with worms in suckler calves.

MANAGEMENT 30 April 2025

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BVD – the silent risk that still remains

Irish farmers have made remarkable progress in the fight against bovine viral diarrhoea. Since 2013, the number of persistently infected calves has fallen from over 16,000 to 485 in 2024.

BVD – the silent risk that still remains

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