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Dairy
Dairy Management: Grass, maiden heifers and nitrates
Aidan Brennan
Aidan Brennan says now is the time to do a final grass walk for the year and update spring grazing budgets to plan spring grazing.
29 November 2024 Management
Tullamore Farm: bulls set sail for Italy and students fly in from Kansas
Shaun Diver has the latest update from the Irish Farmers Journal beef and sheep demonstration farm in Tullamore.
27 November 2024 News
'Huge prices' being paid for cull cows
Maurice Brosnan, manager of Gortatlea Mart in Co Kerry said that he expects trade to get stronger over the next three weeks.
NI Trends: finished cattle prices continue to rise; big lift in lamb quotes
Cattle prices at NI plants continue to rise as processing demand exceeds supply, while there has been another increase in lamb quotes.
27 November 2024 Markets
Tullamore Farm: grazing comes to a close as cull cows start to move
Shaun Diver has the latest update from Tullamore Farm, including this week's TB test, cull cow carcase weights and feeding wholecrop silage.
22 November 2024 Management
Martbids Database: more bite in bullock trade
Adam Woods takes a look at this week’s mart trade, including the latest on what’s happening in the live export trade.
20 November 2024 Markets
NI Trends: prime cattle prices reach record highs; lamb quotes push on
Robust processing demand has driven prime cattle prices to record highs in Northern Ireland. Lamb prices are also edging up with quotes on 640p/kg.
20 November 2024 Markets
More complications with finishing cattle
John Egerton has a number of different groups of finishing cattle on his farm.
20 November 2024 Farmer Writes
NI Trends: base prices edging upwards on cattle; deals on weight for lambs
Quotes on prime cattle continue to rise at NI plants, while deals are available that pay to a higher weight limit on fat lambs.
13 November 2024 Markets
Farmer Writes: cows out as long as conditions allow
Excellent weather conditions for the time of year have eased yard work for Tommy Moyles and have delayed the last of this year's weaning.
13 November 2024 Farmer Writes
In pictures: flying trade for fat cows in Draperstown
The weekly cattle sale in Draperstown saw a flying trade for fat cows across suckler and dairy cross animals.
13 November 2024 Northern Ireland
Factor late housing into fluke treatments this winter
On farms that are housing cattle later than normal, this should be factored in to your choice of fluke product and when animals will be dosed.
12 November 2024 Management