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Beef
Food for thought on fodder on Tullamore Farm
Adam Woods
Shaun Diver has a round-up of what’s been happening on Tullamore Farm this week.
18 December 2024 Management
Don’t put housing on the long finger
While there may be a perception that ewes are in good condition Teagasc are finding that some flocks have significant numbers of ewes requiring preferential treatment.
10 December 2024 Management
Reducing the risk of listeriosis in silage diets
Listeriosis is a disease affecting cattle fed poorly fermented silage which is prone to mould and heating.
Beef Management: breeding indoors and looking after first calving heifers
This week's Beef Management takes a look at breeding indoors, sexed semen use, injection site management and looking after first calving heifers.
4 December 2024 Management
Five tips to keeping the silage clamp face clean
Once the silage pit is open, it is important to keep the clamp face clean to prevent high levels of waste forage accumulating.
2 November 2024 Management
Skids ‘Top’ wheels for Antrim contractor
After the challenging 2023 season,contractor Jonathan Kirkpatrick invested in a Pöttinger twin-rotor rake with plastic skids instead of wheeled bogies, to reduce grass contamination
23 October 2024 Farm machinery
Feeding the freshly calved cow this winter
Aisling Claffey, Teagasc nutrition specialist, outlines some of the key factors when it comes to feeding winter milk herds this winter.
20 October 2024 Liquid Milk
Challenging 15 months for grass and fodder
Not one, but two summers in a row where there has been difficulty securing fodder reserves, has really strained farmers.
9 October 2024 Winter Indoor Management
Balancing silage quality with target weight gain targets
With some variable silage quality out there, Martin Merrick discusses what concentrates need to be fed to hit target weight gains.
9 October 2024 Winter Indoor Management
My Farming Week: Edward O'Callaghan, Egramush, Butlersbridge Cavan
Edward O'Callaghan farms in Cavan. He's hoping to lamb 130 ewes next year around Easter.
25 September 2024 News
45% of dairy farmers in south of Ireland without sufficient winter feed
The data is taken from around 650 farms across the country and is a follow-up to a survey in late June.
17 September 2024 News
Dairy management: nobody is happy with grass or weather
Exceptionally wet weather or not enough rain are the problems being experienced on dairy farms now, writes Aidan Brennan.
28 August 2024 Management