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Sheep
Sheep Management: weather challenges intensify amid torrential rainfall
Darren Carty
Flocks lambing at present are facing big challenges, with a drop in temperatures compounding this week’s torrential rainfall and waterlogged soils.
27 March 2024 News
Speculation over Ballinakill Mart changes
Adam Woods has news of new management at a big midlands mart.
27 March 2024 Management
Dairy Management: dealing with tight fodder supplies
Aidan Brennan has some advice for farmers dealing with dwindling silage stock as the continuous rain hampers grazing.
‘Earning as you learn’ as a farm apprentice
Speaking at the webinar, college principal John Mulhearn said that the two year apprenticeships are a “definite pathway that everyone should thoroughly examine”.
27 March 2024 News
Scanning autumn calving cows before turnout
If autumn-calving cows have yet to be scanned, it is a job worth carrying out before turnout.
26 March 2024 Management
Dairy management: dealing with a silage shortage
Aidan Brennan has some advice for farmers that are running out of silage when land is too wet to graze.
25 March 2024 Management
Five tips to prepare store cattle for sale
Cattle that are well presented in the sale ring will attract greater buying interest. Here are some tips to prepare animals for selling live.
23 March 2024 Management
Ten tips to start spring grazing
After a long winter, farmers are keen to get cattle out to grass. Kieran Mailey outlines some tips for managing spring grazing.
20 March 2024 Northern Ireland
Sheep Management: artificially rearing lambs and selling cull ewes and lambs
Costs can quickly accumulate where artificially rearing lambs if the volume of milk replacer fed is not kept in check.
20 March 2024 Management
Beef Management: vaccinations, castration and cashflow
Adam Woods takes a look at vaccinations, castration and cashflow on drystock farms.
20 March 2024 Management
Dairy Management: weather, heifer weights and lameness
With the poor weather set to last for another while, Aidan Brennan looks at the options for those running low on silage.
20 March 2024 Management
Farmer Writes: rain has to stop sometime
Difficult weather has meant that Tommy Moyles has had to adapt on-farm management on a weekly and sometimes even daily basis.
20 March 2024 Farmer Writes