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Focus
Dealing with empty days and missed opportunities
Adam Woods
Louise Clarke, pig specialist at Teagasc, Ballyhaise, takes a look at empty days in sows and the cost involved.
23 October 2024 Buildings
Price Check: farm building costs and the rise and fall
Martin Merrick gives a run down on current prices of some common farm building materials and the outlook for prices going forward.
11 September 2024 Buildings
Getting winter ready with animal housing
Time is ticking on getting any routine maintenance that hasn't already been carried out completed on sheds.
Top five tips on getting ready for housing
Adam Woods takes a look at five tips on getting sheds ready for housing this winter.
31 August 2024 Animal Health
Farmer Writes: cattle housed in August
At first the cows were rather indignant at being taken indoors so early in the year, writes Karen McCabe.
28 August 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: what to do before winter
Hopefully, the weather will do the decent thing, give us a good back end to the year and we’ll have weeks of grazing ahead of us yet, writes James Strain.
16 August 2024 Farmer Writes
Calculating straw requirements this winter
With straw supplies set to be tight this year, Martin Merrick calculates how much straw you will likely require and how best to save on straw usage.
7 August 2024 Buildings
Frustration over ‘serial objectors’ to farm building works
South Tipperary farmers have raised serious concerns over delays to on-farm building works as a result of planning objections.
29 July 2024 Buildings
Five maintenance jobs for cattle housing in late summer
While there will be plenty of field work to complete in summer, there are a few jobs that may need sorting in the yard around cattle housing. Outlined are a few examples.
27 July 2024 Management