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Farmer writes: modern day meitheal in the snow
Karen McCabe
Karen McCabe takes stock of the winter so far and looks forward to the bring ahead.
1 January 2025 Farmer Writes
A new year and a fresh start
It’s important to leave 2024 behind you and look forward into the new farming year, writes Karen McCabe.
18 December 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: a battle with front loader
Karen McCabe walked slap bang into the edge of the scoop on the front loader where she learned that head wounds do indeed bleed rather profusely.
Farmer Writes: 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
Farmer Writes: hopes for more static stars
Hopefully there won’t be any major ratings change in the little Limousin heifer that was born this month as she’s growing bigger by the day, along with her character.
20 November 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: an abnormally warm autumn
Currently it is costing us around €100 each week to feed these weanlings, and while we rarely sell calves under 300kg, there is an excellent trade for light hairy heifers.
6 November 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: a good trade for weanlings
After weighing up the pros and cons of keeping our pedigree bull over the winter and selling him in spring, it was decided to bring him to a general mart sale.
23 October 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: autumn has crept in
We've noticed previously that heifers who do not go in-calf on their first insemination can be a problem, but more often than not a natural service will do the trick.
25 September 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: resilient suckler farmers
There’s an enormous amount of resilience in suckler farmers (this could also be termed stubbornness) and year after year we do what we can with what we’ve got.
11 September 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: cattle housed in August
At first the cows were rather indignant at being taken indoors so early in the year, writes Karen McCabe.
28 August 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: ragwort thriving in this weather
They say a woman’s prerogative is to change her mind and that certainly is the case with myself at times, writes Karen McCabe.
14 August 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: sound of summer returns
Despite the bad year with regard to weather, we’re very pleased with the calf quality this year, with two being suitable for showing, writes Karen McCabe.
31 July 2024 Farmer Writes