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Beef Management: rearing calves, turnout and vaccinations
Adam Woods
Adam Woods takes a look at some of the detail around rearing dairy calves, a smooth turnout and keeping vaccinations up to date.
Beef Management: rearing calves, turnout and vaccinations
Is there a future farming marginal land?
5 March 2025 Management
Is there a future farming marginal land?
Adam Woods takes a look at the plans on rewetting and what that means for small drystock farms in the north west of the country.
Tullamore Farm video series: episode one – calving 2025
3 March 2025 Management
Tullamore Farm video series: episode one – calving 2025
The first of our Tullamore Farm video series kicks off this month with all things calving.
Beef Management: turnout, fertiliser plans and keeping calves healthy
Adam Woods takes a look at turnout, getting fertiliser in the yard for spreading and keeping calves healthy in this week’s beef management notes.
26 February 2025 Management
Beef Management: preventing and treating scour in calves and mart demos
This week, we take a look at preventing and treating scours. There's also an upcoming livestock demo in Carrigallen Mart in Co Leitrim.
19 February 2025 Management
Large number of heifer calves born
Adam Woods has the latest update on Tullamore farm and how calving is progressing
19 February 2025 Management
Top grass tips for drystock farms in 2025
Adam Woods has some tips and advice for for grassland management on drystock farms.
19 February 2025 Fertilizers
Tullamore Farm: calving progressing well as ewe scanning results acted on
There are 28 cows calved and 29 live calves on the ground, with one cow giving birth to twins this week. Farm manager Shaun Diver gives an update on current performance.
14 February 2025 Management
Beef management: Early grass, calving issues and ICBF bull indexes
In this week's beef management notes Adam Woods takes a look at early grass, calf scour and buying a bull for SCEP.
12 February 2025 Management
Beef management notes: slurry, fertiliser and cattle grading
Adam Woods takes a look at some tips and advice for drystock farms in this week's beef management notes.
5 February 2025 Management
What will it cost to keep suckler cows in 2025?
Keeping the cow is the biggest expense on a suckler farm, but will it cost to keep cows in the year ahead?
5 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Calving commences on Tullamore Farm
Farm manager Shaun Diver gives an insight into what's been happening on Tullamore Farm this week.
5 February 2025 Management