Dairy
Getting silage analysed before winter housing
Farmers keen to ensure that their cows will get the best out of the silage they have harvested in recent...
Dairy
Farmers keen to ensure that their cows will get the best out of the silage they have harvested in recent...
Beef Technical
Combining a tillage operation and dairy calf-to-beef system has been extremely successful for Pat Collins from Castlemartyr, Co. Cork. Pat...
Beef Technical
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has revealed the most popular artificial insemination (AI) beef sires used on the suckler...
Dairy Technical
Grass growth continues in a positive trend, with warm weather and good soil moisture levels resulting in good growth conditions....
Beef
Teagasc budgetary guidelines for farmers buying store bullocks to finish this winter indicate that a factory price of €5.47/kg (carcass...
Dairy Technical
With temperatures to reach in excess of 27° over the coming days, farmers must be vigilant to ensure that heat...
Dairy Technical
Grass growth continues to remain in a strong position moving into the autumn, which is very much welcomed after a...
Dairy Technical
An experimental vaccine for Cryptosporidium parvum (crypto) from MSD Animal Health has shown positive results. At the European Buiatrics Congress...
Dairy Technical
Slurry is a vital source of organic fertiliser on farms and if used correctly, it can significantly reduce the need...
Dairy Technical
Enniscorthy Mart’s weekly calf and cattle sales saw a strong trade for calves, forward beef cattle, and cull cows this...
Dairy Technical
Something that needs to be completed on farms over the coming days, if not already done, is a fodder budget....
Dairy Technical
Grass growth rates appear to be holding on farms, with most farms now having a surplus of grass on their...
Dairy Technical
MSD Animal Health has launched a vaccination for bovine coronavirus (BCoV), which it claims is the first on the market...
Dairy Technical
Could employing faecal egg counts on farms to determine the correct time for dosing actually be aiding the spread of...
Dairy Technical
The total number of calf registrations on Irish farms has surpassed two million for 2023, based on Irish Cattle Breeding...
Dairy Technical
Castleisland Mart held its weekly calf sale on Monday (June 19) with a large entry of calves on offer at...
Beef
In this week’s factory quotes for finished beef cattle, a number of processors put forward quotes below €5/kg on the...
Dairy Technical
On farms where a stockbull is being used it is now, for the most part, running with the cows –...