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The Home Farm: emptying the slatted tanks
Matt Dempsey
A 60% subvention is too much to ignore.
25 September 2024 Milk quality
Liquid milk producers delivering the goods
The Dillane father and son partnership produce liquid milk all year round for Lee Strand Co-Op in Kerry
11 September 2024 Grass & feeding
Race against time to build covers
Lacklustre growth has made building covers nigh on impossible for a lot of farms, writes Thomas Condon.
Difficult weather conditions means higher risk of tetany
Adam Woods takes a look at tetany prevention and how to avoid cases on suckler farms.
28 August 2024 Pedigree
Feeding concentrates to weanlings: the benefits, feeding rate and ration formula
From feeding rates to ration formulation and calf quality, there are several factors to be considered before starting to feed concentrates to weanlings. Martin Merrick reports.
28 August 2024 Animal Health
Beef Management: feed cull cows or sell on
In this week's Beef Management, Adam Woods takes a look at housing issues, feeding cull cows and looking after first calved heifers.
28 August 2024 Management
Dairy Management: grass deficits bite in south
Aidan Brennan says grass growth will take time to recover in the southern part of the country as soil moisture deficits remain.
26 August 2024 Management
The Grass Week: contrasting conditions from west to east
It has been a tale of two halves this week, with some farmers having to house stock to prevent poaching in the west, while rainfall is still required in the east.
24 August 2024 Grass & feeding
Beef Management: weather, buying weanlings and empty cows
Martin Merrick advises on how to cope with the wetter weather in the northwest, protocols on purchasing weanlings and what are the options with empty cows.
21 August 2024 Management
Will it pay to feed meal this autumn?
The economic return from feeding extra concentrate to milking cows this autumn.
21 August 2024 Grass & feeding
Beef Management: Beef Welfare Scheme queries and buying weanlings
Adam Woods takes a look at some questions that came in this week on the new Beef Welfare Scheme along with looking for value when buying weanlings.
14 August 2024 Management
Finishing lambs and going to the Dublin Horse Show
In Wexford, the horse shows are Ciara Kinsella’s social outings as all lambs are taken to the local factory.
7 August 2024 Footprint Farmers