Dairy Technical
Calf registrations surpass half a million
Calf registrations for 2022 have surpassed half a million, with the total now standing at 533,274 head. The latest figures...
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations for 2022 have surpassed half a million, with the total now standing at 533,274 head. The latest figures...
Dairy Technical
The Covid-19 pandemic has been ongoing for almost two years and many of the lessons learned from it can be...
Dairy Technical
The fertiliser spreader is one of the most important pieces of equipment on farmyards, especially considering the price of chemical...
Beef
Farmers are well aware by now that fertiliser prices have soared over the winter, and while some farmers may have...
Beef
The overall number of beef cattle processed at Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) approved slaughter plants increased...
N.Ireland
Both dairy and suckler farmers alike are well aware of the increased workload that calving season brings with it. While...
Agri-Business
Beef cattle throughput figures for last week, the week commencing Monday, January 24, have seen a marginal increase when compared...
Dairy Technical
Grass tetany often occurs when cows are let out to graze lush and low-fibre paddocks and if undetected, it can...
Dairy Technical
Chemical fertiliser is a hot topic at the minute in the agricultural sector, with concern over pricing in 2022 and...
Dairy Technical
In recent weeks at marts across the country there has been a strong calf trade for both Friesian and beef-sired...
Dairy Technical
Last week saw a major increase in calf registrations, with the number of registered calves doubling for the year to...
Dairy Technical
Colostrum is a source of maternal antibodies, which aid the calf when fighting off disease or sickness in early life....
Dairy Technical
The importance of slurry testing was highlighted at the recent ‘Getting the Best Out of Slurry‘ webinar held by Teagasc. Fertiliser prices...
Beef Technical
The Irish Charolais Cattle Society has assembled a list of the top 10 Charolais artificial insemination (AI) sires with the...
Dairy Technical
Pain management in calves was discussed at the recent online CalfCare event run by Animal Health Ireland (AHI) in conjunction...
Dairy
Grass measuring is common practice on many dairy, beef and sheep farms, but on others it is not. The spring-calving...
Dairy Technical
Bloat in young calves was one of the topics discussed at this week’s online CalfCare event run by Animal Health...
Beef
It seems January is getting off to a slow start with regards to beef cattle throughput at Department of Agriculture,...