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Beef
Making a final call on breeding replacement heifers
Kieran Mailey
The late spring turnout will potentially see replacement heifers being underdeveloped for breeding this year. Weighing animals and making a tough call is strongly advised.
13 March 2024 Buildings
Replacement heifer accommodation to the fore in Waterford
With yearling accommodation switched over to cow cubicles, a new purpose-built heifer cubicle shed and calf house were built earlier this year.
14 February 2024 Viewpoints
Sexed semen revolution on Irish farms
The lower stocking rate cap will mean dairy farmers in general need less dairy replacements.
In pictures: Suckler replacements hit £3,100 at Markethill
Limousin and Simmental bred in-calf heifers were a sharp trade during a special sale of suckler replacements at Markethill Mart.
31 January 2024 Northern Ireland
News in-brief from Northern Ireland
News in-brief from across the farming and food industry in Northern Ireland.
31 January 2024 Northern Ireland
My Farming Week: Cathal Bourke, Ballinahinch, Newport, Tipperary
There are three generations of Bourkes farming together in the north Tipperary parish of Ballinahinch.
24 January 2024 News
Tullamore Farm update: ewes scan at 1.8 lambs per ewe joined
The average litter size was reduced by a higher than normal barren rate of 6% and a lower litter size in suckled 2022-born hoggets.
17 January 2024 Breeding & health
In pictures: Fresh calved Holsteins top at Taaffe monthly sale
Taaffe auction's monthly sale of pedigree dairy heifers was a steady affair with higher prices paid on well developed animals with proven back pedigree.
27 December 2023 Northern Ireland
ICBF issues dominate discussion at Beef Plan AGM
Adam Woods reports from the Beef Plan group’s annual general meeting held online on Tuesday evening.
20 December 2023 Markets
Loughans Angus heifers going under the hammer
The pedigree Aberdeen Angus herd owned by John and Rory Best will hold a timed auction of in-calf heifers.
6 December 2023 Northern Ireland
Camera at the Mart: record prices in Balla for in-calf heifers
Walter Brennan’s 16th annual in-calf heifer sale saw a new price record paid when a Limousin-cross heifer sold for €7,200.
22 November 2023 Markets
Big variation in cull cow prices
A combination of nitrates changes, poor weather and fodder concerns has resulted in a surge in dairy cows being moved off farms this back-end.
15 November 2023 News