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Beef
Beef Management: turnout, fertiliser plans and keeping calves healthy
Adam Woods
Adam Woods takes a look at turnout, getting fertiliser in the yard for spreading and keeping calves healthy in this week’s beef management notes.
5 February 2025 Editorial
Editorial: Teagasc report should force a rethink
We need to lessen conditionality on schemes. We need innovation, research and development in production that is market led not EU driven scheme farming, writes Jack Kennedy.
5 February 2025 Northern Ireland
February workload starts with TB test
After a quiet few weeks, the workload is on the rise, write Jessica Pollock.
Improving potassium fertiliser recommendations
Thomas McCarthy and David Wall from Teagasc, Johnstown Castle, Co Wexford examine the latest soil science research on potassium.
5 February 2025 Fertilizers
The Grass Week: comparing annual grass growth with soil samples
With slurry going out in parts and the first round of nitrogen a few weeks away for some, it might be worth seeing what paddocks need more TLC than others.
25 January 2025 Grass & feeding
Dairy management: New Year's resolutions for dairy farmers
Aidan Brennan looks at soil sampling, cow body condition score and suggests some New Year's resolutions for dairy farmers.
23 December 2024 Management
Scope for ‘big gains’ by breeding TB resistance
The chief executive of AI Services spoke to the NI Institute of Agricultural Science before last week's RUAS Winter Fair.
18 December 2024 Northern Ireland
Crossbreeding delivers 35% increase in milk output
Andrew Dale has targeted milk yield, solids and fertility using a crossbreeding programme on his 120-cow dairy farm. Kieran Mailey reports.
27 November 2024 Northern Ireland
Watching for repeat breeding in autumn-calving cows
Where breeding is under way in herds that calve over August and September, keep a close eye on cows for signs of animals repeating.
19 November 2024 Management
Housing autumn calving cows for breeding
Housing cows before breeding can improve conception rates as the herd is managed in a consistent environment with a steady diet offered daily.
8 October 2024 Management
Five tips for autumn breeding in suckler herds
Ahead of the upcoming breeding period, Kieran Mailey outlines some tips for autumn-calving herds.
2 October 2024 Management
Beef Management: liming, slurry dates and SCEP training courses
Adam Woods takes a look at liming land, slurry closing dates and teh upcoming SCEP courses which farmers have to complete to get payment.
25 September 2024 Management