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Sheep
Sheep Management: grazing cover crops, rumen fluke and pregnancy scanning
Darren Carty
New rules pertaining to the grazing of cover crops require at least a 30% lie back area to 70% grazing area
4 December 2024 Breeding & health
Deciding what liver fluke product to use
The recent liver fluke warnings has cast a spotlight on treatment and selecting the optimum product to use at this stage of the year.
27 November 2024 Management
Beef Management: ration formulation and final suckler event
This week, Adam Woods takes a look at ration formulation and previews the final event in our Irish Farmers Journal suckler series.
News Podcast: the weather, liver fluke and spuds
On this week’s News Podcast, we discuss a liver fluke warning, future weather patterns and hear about a blight strain which could hit the potato crop.
22 November 2024 News
Sheep Management: high risk of liver fluke in high percentage of sheep flocks
The Department of Agriculture’s and AFBI’s liver fluke forecast are warning farmers to be aware of a high risk of disease at present.
20 November 2024 Management
Increased liver fluke risk in north and west, Department warns
The Department, in collaboration with Met Éireann, UCD, Teagasc and Animal Health Ireland, has advised farmers of the predicted risk of disease caused by liver fluke infection in livestock.
19 November 2024 News
Irish Farmers Journal suckler roadshow comes to Clare
Adam Woods reports from the first three suckler roadshows to take place around the country and previews the last two in Clare and Kerry.
13 November 2024 Management
Factor late housing into fluke treatments this winter
On farms that are housing cattle later than normal, this should be factored in to your choice of fluke product and when animals will be dosed.
12 November 2024 Management
Up to 80% of beef herds in northwest had liver fluke this year - AHI
This is according to data from Animal Health Ireland, based on the 23,700 herds that have been recorded as part of its beef health check programme in 2024 to date.
8 November 2024 News
Fluke could be worse this winter – expert
Farmers should not become complacent due to fluke burdens being lower than usual in recent years.
30 October 2024 Northern Ireland
Sheep Management: ram management, temporary grazing and liver fluke
Giving priority treatment to young rams after their first breeding season will help to improve their longevity and reduce the number of rams culled after their first season.
30 October 2024 Management
Lungworm issues and suckler mart roadshow dates
Adam Woods takes a look at a rise in lungworm cases and how to deal with them and has the dates for this weeks and next weeks suckler marts roadshow.
30 October 2024 Management