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Dairy management: New Year's resolutions for dairy farmers
Aidan Brennan
Aidan Brennan looks at soil sampling, cow body condition score and suggests some New Year's resolutions for dairy farmers.
18 December 2024 Management
Don’t put housing on the long finger
While there may be a perception that ewes are in good condition Teagasc are finding that some flocks have significant numbers of ewes requiring preferential treatment.
18 December 2024 Management
Beef Management: body Condition Scores, pneumonia and taking a break
In this week's Beef Management we look at pneumonia outbreaks in weanlings, body condition scoring suckler cows and taking a break at Christmas.
Beef Management: breeding indoors and looking after first calving heifers
This week's Beef Management takes a look at breeding indoors, sexed semen use, injection site management and looking after first calving heifers.
4 December 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
Dairy Management: body condition score and Dairy Day voucher
Good grazing conditions shouldn't detract from the reality that cows will need to be dried off shortly in order to protect body condition score next spring
6 November 2024 Management
Dairy Management: pushing milk yields for high prices
With milk prices on a high, Aidan Brennan says that autumn milk shouldn't be produced at the expense of having grass on the farm next spring.
23 October 2024 Management
Dairy Management: how to keep the milk flowing this autumn
With milk prices continuing to rise, Aidan Brennan looks at ways dairy farmers can maximise milk sales to take advantage of the high prices.
21 October 2024 Management
Dairy Management: milk recording, BCS, grazing and youngstock
Some key tasks for this autumn include BCS of cows, milk recording ahead of the dry period as well as managing what grass remains on the farm.
2 October 2024 Management
Farmers advised to cull cows milking less than 13l
Slurry storage also needs to be taken into account for farmers considering holding onto cull cows.
18 September 2024 News
Fox family wins Kerry Agribusiness Milk Quality and Sustainability Award
Ian, John and Mary Fox were announced as the winners of the competition at an awards ceremony in Limerick on Tuesday night.
16 August 2024 Advertisers' anouncements
Sheep Management: grass supplies, worm counts and ram condition
Grass growth rates have improved significantly in recent weeks, but sight should not be lost of the importance of applying fertiliser where needed to ensure positive growth continues.
14 August 2024 Management