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Sheep
Feeding plans and the Sheep Improvement Scheme
Darren Carty
A high percentage of flocks have selected the pregnancy scanning action, which requires farmers to group ewes into management groups that improves lamb survivability and reduces mortality.
30 November 2024 Management
10 tips for grazing cattle on forage crops over winter
Outwintering cattle on forage crops will be limited to farms on drier land. But where animals have access to such crops, outlined are some tips for grazing.
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.
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
Weighing cattle at housing time
Housing is a good time to weigh cattle, as the information gained can be used for multiple herd management decisions over winter.
29 October 2024 Management
Five maintenance tips for winter feeding machinery
Having the loader tractor and telehandler serviced as winter feeding gets under way is good practice on livestock farms.
26 October 2024 Northern Ireland
Suckler Marts Roadshow launched
Adam Woods has all the details of a suckler marts roadshow taking place around the country over the next few weeks
23 October 2024 Winter Indoor Management
HiSpec twin-tub does big throughput on Tipp farm
Milking 400 cows and finishing over 200 cattle, Andy and Jerry Darmody rely heavily on the use of a diet feeder all year round, Gary Abbott reports.
2 October 2024 Farm machinery
Redrock to debut Ktwo range
Alongside its wide-spanning portfolio of trailers and implements, Redrock Machinery will also exhibit the recently acquired Ktwo brand for the first time at the Ploughing Championships.
11 September 2024 Farm machinery
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