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Beef
Five safety tips for calving time
Kieran Mailey
Calving is a time when cow temperament can quickly change and farmers can be easily caught out. Outlined are a few tips to working safely at calving time.
Five safety tips for calving time
 
 
Five basics to include in calving kit
Beef
Five basics to include in calving kit
EU pesticide cut reduces crop yields with no alternatives
Tillage
EU pesticide cut reduces crop yields with no alternatives
Scanning time for autumn-calving suckler herds
Beef
Scanning time for autumn-calving suckler herds
Five tips to prepare cows for spring calving
Beef
Five tips to prepare cows for spring calving
TOOLS & CALCULATORS


BEEF
Five safety tips for calving time
Calving
Five safety tips for calving time
Calving is a time when cow temperament can quickly change and farmers can be easily caught out. Outlined are a few tips to working safely at calving time.
DAIRY
Trailing and flexi shoes - what are the options on the Irish market?
Slurry
Trailing and flexi shoes - what are the options on the Irish market?
Peter Thomas Keaveney and Gary Abbott take an in-depth at the slurry tanker-mounted trailing shoe and flexi-shoe systems available on the Irish market.
SHEEP
Deciding what liver fluke product to use
Liver fluke
Deciding what liver fluke product to use
The recent liver fluke warnings has cast a spotlight on treatment and selecting the optimum product to use at this stage of the year.
ANIMAL HEALTH
New CEO appointed at Chanelle Pharma
Animal health
New CEO appointed at Chanelle Pharma
Maker of generic pharmaceuticals was sold to a private equity firm in February.


TILLAGE
EU pesticide cut reduces crop yields with no alternatives
Fungicides
EU pesticide cut reduces crop yields with no alternatives
Teagasc research has shown that an Irish expert group thinks yields will be dramatically impacted by the implementation of the Farm to Fork Strategy with no alternatives.
MACHINERY
Trailing and flexi shoes - what are the options on the Irish market?
Slurry
Trailing and flexi shoes - what are the options on the Irish market?
Peter Thomas Keaveney and Gary Abbott take an in-depth at the slurry tanker-mounted trailing shoe and flexi-shoe systems available on the Irish market.
BUILDINGS
New Galway yard makes handling 100 cattle a one-person operation
Cattle handling
New Galway yard makes handling 100 cattle a one-person operation
A look at a newly erected large cattle yard, designed for safety of operator and cattle.
FARM SAFETY
Five safety tips for calving time
Farm safety
Five safety tips for calving time
Calving is a time when cow temperament can quickly change and farmers can be easily caught out. Outlined are a few tips to working safely at calving time.


VIDEOS


FARM PROGRAMMES
Tullamore Farm calving shed gets a revamp
Buildings
Tullamore Farm calving shed gets a revamp
New stanchions and some new barriers have made working in the shed on the Tullamore Farm safer and easier.
Tullamore Farm: attention turns to calving in Offaly
Management
Tullamore Farm: attention turns to calving in Offaly
Shaun Diver has an update on what's been happening on Tullamore Farm this week.
Tullamore Farm: attention turns to calving in Offaly
From the Tramlines
Would you like to take part in From the Tramlines?
The Irish Farmers Journal is currently looking for farmers to take part in From the Tramlines for 2025.
Through the camera lens on Tullamore Farm
Management
Through the camera lens on Tullamore Farm
A look at the last 12 months on Tullamore farm and some of the highlights on the Irish Farmers Journal beef and sheep demonstration farm.
Getting through the first SBLAS audit SPONSORED
Getting through the first SBLAS audit
Damien Murray, Origin Green Producer Liaison & Standard Co-Coordinator gives a step by step guide for new suckler members of SBLAS facing their first audit.
Dairy farmer salutes quality and reliability of Triple AAA Golden MaverickSPONSORED
Dairy farmer salutes quality and reliability of Triple AAA Golden Maverick
A County Limerick dairy farmer, now in his fifth year feeding AAA Golden Maverick to his calves, is delighted with the quality and consistency the product is providing.
Lamlac “working like a dream” for Roscommon sheep farmerSPONSORED
Lamlac “working like a dream” for Roscommon sheep farmer
The ideal combination of Lamlac and efficient feeding technology has made life a great deal easier for a County Roscommon-based sheep farmer during her busiest time of year.
Autumn-calving farmer reaping rewards from crypto vaccineSPONSORED
Autumn-calving farmer reaping rewards from crypto vaccine
The convenience and efficacy of Bovilis Cryptium has made life much easier for Denis and Anne Large and their 134 suckler cow herd they tend to on their holding near Urlingford in north Tipperary.