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Sheep Management: SIS new entrants, tetany and creep feeding
Darren Carty
The portal for new entrants to apply to participate in the Sheep Improvement Scheme for three years is now open and will close on 29 April 2025.
Sheep Management: SIS new entrants, tetany and creep feeding
CSP dairy-beef scheme to open again in April
22 March 2025 Management
CSP dairy-beef scheme to open again in April
There will be an opportunity for dairy farmers who did not participate in the scheme in 2024 to join and participate in 2025.
Sheep Management: grass supplies, liver fluke and selecting replacements
19 March 2025 Management
Sheep Management: grass supplies, liver fluke and selecting replacements
Conditions for lambing are close to ideal in allowing farmers to get ewes and lambs turned outdoors quickly, while many will happily contend with lower grass supplies than poor conditions/utilisation
Sheep Management: marketing hoggets and ewes and vaccine queries
The marketing of sheep can have a significant difference on the level of competition with a particularly sharp trade for quality cull ewes.
12 March 2025 Management
Sheep Management: fertiliser applications and genotyping hill sheep
There are a number of important fertiliser interactions between spreading fertiliser and lime/slurry that farmers should be mindful of.
5 March 2025 Management
More education, research and funding required for uplands
Teagasc adviser Caitriona Foley presented the findings of the Comeragh Uplands EIP at the hill sheep conference and laid bare the challenges for such areas
26 February 2025 Management
Sheep Management: weather woes, lambing and TAMS deadline
There is an improved weather forecast on the horizon but it will take time for conditions to improve following the torrential rainfall experienced over the last week.
26 February 2025 Management
Sheep management: lambing tips, supplementing early lambers and soil sampling
Advance preparations including have a good supply of lambing aids on hand well in advance of lambing starting will pay dividends.
19 February 2025 Management
Top tips from the Teagasc lambing webinar
From correct feeding of colostrum to simple methods of sterlising equipment, the webinar had lots of practical tips for a smoother lambing season.
19 February 2025 Management
Getting to grips with fertiliser allowances
The permitted levels of chemical nitrogen and phosphorus farmers can apply will be influenced by many factors, including farm stocking rate and soil sample analysis.
19 February 2025 Fertilizers
Weekend jobs: feeding space, feeding accuracy and SIS questions
The feeding space available to ewes can quickly reduce as ewes progress through gestation and lead to significant issues if not taken account of.
15 February 2025 Management
Sheep Management: ewe hoggets, sheep census and hill sheep conference
There is a positive market outlook both for hoggets for slaughtering in the immediate months ahead and also in breeding sales and this should encourage farmers to maximise their performance.
12 February 2025 Management