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Beef
Rearing dairy beef calves in Castlefinn
Adam Woods
Adam Woods reports from the first Animal Health Ireland Calf Care event which took place in Donegal last week.
15 January 2025 Breeding & health
Gearing up for 1.6m births in three months
This week’s focus inside the Irish Farmers Journal is all about preparing for calving over the next few weeks.
15 January 2025 Calves
New year, new price: rise in milk replacer costs
Adam Woods takes a look at milk replacer prices and where prices are in relation to 2024 figures.
Beef management: scour vaccines and preventing coccidiosis
Adam Woods takes a look at scour vaccines and preventing coccidiosis in young calves in this week's beef management notes.
1 January 2025 Management
Cork farmers preparing for springtime
Getting ready for spring is one of the themes at next January’s Irish Grassland Association dairy conference. For Cork farmers Maeve O’Keeffe and Jack Kearney, each spring brings different challenges.
11 December 2024 Breeding & health
New developments in animal health
Thomas Condon takes a look at some of the new technologies and healthcare products available to dairy farmers.
20 November 2024 Breeding & health
Closing up paddocks, mart events and new scour vaccine on the market
Adam Woods has the latest tips and advice for drystock farms in this week’s Beef Management.
13 November 2024 Management
Reducing the workload on winter milk farms
With calving in full swing on winter milk farms, Aidan Brennan looks at some practical ways farmers can reduce the workload.
16 October 2024 Liquid Milk
New vaccine for Crypto in calves
The new calf scour vaccine has been in development by MSD Animal Health for many years
11 September 2024 Northern Ireland