Dairy Technical
Farmers need to be cautious of grass tetany
Hypomagnesaemia, also known as grass tetany, is often an issue that is not thought about or considered until it is...
Dairy Technical
Hypomagnesaemia, also known as grass tetany, is often an issue that is not thought about or considered until it is...
Dairy Technical
As the calving season is underway on the majority of spring-calving dairy farms, something that should be to the forefront...
Dairy Technical
The interest in genotyping animals has increased in Ireland, with it having a number of benefits to farmers and the...
Dairy Technical
Management practices for young calves have a major impact on both their health and growth performance during the rearing period....
Dairy Technical
Enniscorthy Mart held its weekly calf sale on Wednesday (January 25), with 175 calves on offer at the Model county-based...
Dairy Technical
Chemical fertiliser prices remain high in 2023 and thus slurry remains a valuable asset on farms to grow grass. The...
Dairy Technical
The increased cost of chemical fertiliser and summer drought has made the use of red clover silage (RCS) swards popular...
Dairy Technical
Spring nitrogen (N) application strategies on dairy farms and rainfall have the biggest impact on N leaching, according to a...
Dairy Technical
Vaccines play a key role in livestock farming and are likely to continue to play a major role going forward...
Dairy Technical
The arrival of the current cold snap has certainly signalled that winter is coming and with that, it is important...
Beef Technical
The Irish Limousin Cattle Society is set to host its second autumn pedigree sale this Saturday (December 10) at Athenry...
Dairy Technical
The calf sale at Enniscorthy Mart, which took place on Wednesday (November 30), had 130 entries this week. Speaking to...
Dairy Technical
Beef bull selection for the dairy herd is going to be even more important for dairy farmers moving forward. Many...
Dairy Technical
Along with the launch of the new carbon sub-index, there has also been a number of updates to the beef...
Beef
Winter Beef series is in conjunction with Teagasc’s DairyBeef 500 Campaign. With daylight hours declining and heavy rainfall having arrived...
Beef
A range of issues surrounding winter management practices of dairy-beef cattle will be addressed in the new Winter Beef series,...
Dairy Technical
Total calf registrations for 2022 have now surpassed 2.3 million, according to the latest data from the Irish Cattle Breeding...
Dairy Technical
The heavy rain experienced by many parts of the country over the last number of days has made grazing more...