Dairy
Could this innovative gate work for you next spring?
Many dairy farmers are beginning to rack their brains for ways in which they are going to reduce the workload...
Dairy
Many dairy farmers are beginning to rack their brains for ways in which they are going to reduce the workload...
Beef
Plans have been announced to establish a group of approximately 500 farmers to rear and finish Angus calves sourced from...
Dairy
Bord Bia has issued a number of additional calf welfare criteria to farmers as part of a wider update to...
Dairy
A large-scale dairy calf-to-beef enterprise, in the Waikato region of New Zealand, has found that through developing the rumen of...
Dairy
Poor fertility in replacement heifers is often due to them being under target weight by mating start date (MSD); however,...
Dairy
Poor fertility in replacement heifer calves is often due to them being under target weight by mating start date (MSD)....
Dairy
With milder conditions in store for this week, farmers should consider turning out some older calves to grass. Early turnout...
Dairy
As the spring-calving season begins farmers will be busy planning ahead. A calf rearing seminar this Wednesday (January 30) is...
Beef
Two upcoming calf rearing information events are set to take place this month in the south-west counties Kerry and Cork....
Beef
Export buyers will “shy away” from lesser-quality calves, Bord Bia’s senior manager of meat and livestock Joe Burke has cautioned....
Dairy
Calf nutrition, health and environment are all critical to achieving an optimum lifetime performance of a dairy replacement heifer. That...
Beef
In recent years, the national suckler herd has been in decline. This is mainly due to rising costs of maintaining...
Dairy
Dairy farmers can save 36% of the time required in rearing their calves by switching to once-a-day feeding, according to...
Dairy
Calf housing on Irish dairy farms is extremely important as 60% of cows calve within a six-week period, Noreen O’Rahilly...
Dairy
Many Irish dairy farmers are not maximising the growth rates that can be achieved by their dairy calves, according to...
Dairy
The optimal calving age for dairy replacement heifers is 23 months, according to Professor Jud Heinrichs, from Penn State University....
Beef
With the calving season looming, preparation, organisation, planning and good stockmanship are all key management skills needed in the busy...
Beef
February brings daffodils and crocuses, plus the start of calving and the arrival of lambs on Irish farms. Grassland: Early...