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Beef
Top 10 dairy-beef calf rearing tips
Adam Woods
Adam Woods takes a look at some calf rearing tips for farmers rearing dairy beef calves
26 March 2025 News
My Farming Week: Jim Hogan, Ballyegan, Birr, Co Offaly
Jim has 25 ewes lambing at the minute and also has 40 bee hives on his farm in Birr Co Offaly.
26 February 2025 Animal Health
Top tips for rearing dairy calves
Whether rearing dairy calves born on the farm, or buying dairy beef calves, keeping calves healthy is the number one priority, writes Aidan Brennan
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
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
Large number of heifer calves born
Adam Woods has the latest update on Tullamore farm and how calving is progressing
19 February 2025 Management
Dairy management: calving, grazing and getting fertiliser spread
Aidan Brennan has some advice for farmers in the throes of the busiest weeks of calving
5 February 2025 Management
Sheep management: ewe nutrition, colostrum and schmallenberg virus
Ewe nutrition in late gestation has a profound effect on lamb birth weights, colostrum quality and yield and ewe mothering ability.
5 February 2025 Management
Tips for storing colostrum at calving time
When freezing colostrum, use a container that provides a bigger surface area, as this makes it easy to defrost.
4 February 2025 Management
Seven key steps for success this lambing season
Preparation is half the battle when it comes to lambing down ewes; the other half is luck.
3 February 2025 Lambing
Dairy management: golden rules for successful calving season
Aidan Brennan outlines a list of things dairy farmers should be focusing on as the calving season kicks off nationwide.
3 February 2025 Management
Pull out all the stops to reduce mortality
Sheep farmers have never been heading in to a lambing season where every additional lamb or ewe saved has such a high potential value
29 January 2025 Lambing