Dairy Technical
Grass growth: No significant boost forecast
Grass growth rates appear to be holding on farms, with most farms now having a surplus of grass on their...
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 –...
Dairy Technical
Rain is forecast for over the weekend and the question for many is should you be filling the slurry tanker...
Beef Technical
Carnaross Mart in Co. Meath hosted its weekly sale of bullocks on Monday, May 29, with approximately 300 head of...
Beef Technical
Teagasc has issue some dry weather advice to farmers that are starting to see the affects of the current dry...
Dairy Technical
Silage bales have a role to play on almost every Irish livestock farm, with silage contributing between 25% and 40%...
Dairy Technical
The good weather over the last couple of weeks will have seen most, if not all, farmers move to harvest...
Dairy Technical
Enniscorthy Mart held its weekly calf sale on Wednesday (May 24), with 320 calves on offer at the Co. Wexford-based...
Beef Technical
Many farms rearing calves this spring are now at a stage where the calves are eating sufficient amounts of dry...
Beef Technical
This week’s factory quotes see several of the larger factory outlets put forward quotes 5-10c/kg lower for all types of...
Dairy Technical
The month of May is a busy period on farms as the breeding season gets underway, along with the harvesting...
Beef
A number of records were broke at James and Nelson Alexander’s Jalex Select on-farm sale of commercial heifers which took...
Beef Technical
This week’s factory quotes for beef cattle see prices remaining firm at most beef processing outlets, despite some procurement staff...