Beef
7 steps to reduce herd health risks buying stock
Seven simple steps can help reduce herd health risk when buying in beef cattle at this time of the year, according...
Beef
Seven simple steps can help reduce herd health risk when buying in beef cattle at this time of the year, according...
Dairy
The over-arching theme addressed by all of the speakers at this week’s National Milk Records’ Open Day, hosted by Co...
Dairy
NMR (National Milk Records) veterinarian Karen Bond highlighted the growing challenge of Johne’s Disease on dairy farms throughout the UK...
Dairy
Lameness in dairy cows is a serious welfare issue, according to Dr Alastair Boyle, Dairying Technologist, CAFRE, causing both pain...
Beef
The main reason to record health and disease data is to have healthier cows and calves. Health and disease are...
Beef
Good calf performance, along with the control of costs, is critical in achieving a positive net margin from the suckler...
Sheep
According to Teagasc the time to prepare for the breeding season is now. It says even though for most sheep flocks...
Beef
Unvaccinated calves during their first grazing season and in the absence of an appropriate parasite control programme are most at...
Dairy
The liner is the only part of the milking machine that comes in direct contact with the cow. A cow...
N.Ireland
The first case of Livestock Associated MRSA has been identified in Northern Ireland in a piglet. According to the Department of...
Beef
Applicants for the Beef Genomics Scheme and those looking for BVD compensation have until tomorrow to remove PI calves from there...
Agri Politics
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has refuted claims that most antibiotic resistance in human infections is of farm-animal origin. Robin...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine today released the results of testing carried out under the National Residue...
Environment
According to the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney his Department believes the culling of badgers is cost effective and has reduced...
Agri-Business
It’s in everyone’s interest that Ireland continues to strive towards the eradication of TB, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and...
Beef
The ICBF database shows that 82% of the 14,000 PI calves born in 2013 and 55% of the 7,000 born...
Beef
Investing in a weighing scales was key to improving gross margin for Sligo beef farmer Trevor Boland. The part-time farmer...
Dairy
You could be earning at least 1c/L more by improving mastitis control in your herd, according to Animal Health Ireland...