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Sheep
Deciding what liver fluke product to use
Darren Carty
The recent liver fluke warnings has cast a spotlight on treatment and selecting the optimum product to use at this stage of the year.
4 December 2024 Northern Ireland
Lamb quotes surge to 670p/kg at 23kg
Competition for a limited supply of slaughter fit lambs is growing and factory quotes are on the rise at factories in NI.
4 December 2024 News
MTU Tralee hosts sustainable slurry event
Munster Technological University (MTU) Tralee held a Sustainable Slurry Solutions event drawing together over 70 attendees across two days.
Cattle and supermodels
The young weanlings left in the shed have started to thrive since the older calves were sold.
4 December 2024 Farmer Writes
Tillage Management: costs, returns and oilseed rape
There is still fieldwork to be done, but there is also a need to do up costs and returns estimates for the 2025 season.
4 December 2024 Husbandry
Top Texel flocks gear up for All-Star sale in Blessington
Rachel Gallagher reports on the upcoming 20th Anniversary All-Star Texel sale, to be held at Blessington Mart on Saturday 7 December.
4 December 2024 Breeding & health
10 tips for grazing cattle on forage crops over winter
Outwintering cattle on forage crops will be limited to farms on drier land. But where animals have access to such crops, outlined are some tips for grazing.
30 November 2024 Management
Top tips for rearing dairy beef calves
For farmers considering rearing dairy beef calves for the first time, Kieran Mailey outlined some tips to follow this winter.
27 November 2024 Northern Ireland
Winter cereal area estimated up almost 27,000ha
Teagasc has released winter cereal and oilseed rape cropping area estimates for the 2025 season.
24 November 2024 News
Teagasc estimates 1.9m tonnes of cereals produced
Teagasc outlined extremely wet months of weather in October, November, February, March and April as one of the major factors affecting planting and crop yields.
22 November 2024 News
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
Five tips for condition scoring cows
Late autumn is a good time to condition score cows and alter feed management over winter so that animals are fit for calving in spring.
9 November 2024 Management