10,000 vaccine doses for equine herpesvirus (EHV) have arrived in Ireland, following an outbreak of the disease on the continent....
March 22, 2021
The equine sector is being asked to “double down” on biosecurity measures following an outbreak of disease in horses on...
March 3, 2021
Nearly every dairy and beef farmer will have experienced a cow or heifer aborting or ‘throwing a calf’ at some...
December 20, 2020
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is very concerned about Northern Ireland (NI) farmers being able to access genetics which they...
December 15, 2020
Both stomach and lungworm parasites can have a massive impact on both the thrive and the average daily liveweight gain...
November 21, 2020
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), in collaboration with Met Éireann, has released its forecast of the predicted risk...
November 18, 2020
CAFRE researchers are exploring how farmers can take advantage of retailer focus on animal welfare within food production systems. Alan...
August 27, 2020
A University College Dublin (UCD) professor has said that people tend to “forget that the default position is one of...
July 29, 2020
This spring has been very challenging on farms to say the least. The weather hasn’t been playing ball and getting...
March 23, 2020
Lameness is a serious welfare issue affecting almost every dairy farm in the country. Lameness issues on farms are likely...
March 22, 2020
The persistent poor weather conditions, which have made grazing conditions challenging, have resulted in many farmers feeding silage for longer...
March 12, 2020
Michael Casserly, managing director of MCL Agri Supplies, has recently returned from a trip to Brazil where he visited the...
March 6, 2020
With the lambing season approaching for mid-season flocks, it’s time for farmers to start administering vaccinations. In particular, a clostridial...
January 20, 2020
With the breeding season wrapped up on sheep farms across the country, attention now turns to the ewe and her...
January 19, 2020
Almost all dairy and beef farmers will experience a cow aborting or ‘throwing a calf’ at some stage or another....
January 4, 2020
Additional reporting by Claire Mc Cormack Additional priority work areas in the dairy and beef sectors are now in the...
October 23, 2019
With the drying-off period only around the corner, one of the key components of setting your cows up for next...
October 16, 2019
The cost of disease is a major drain on farm profitability; particularly when you take into consideration the indirect costs...
October 13, 2019
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