Agri-Business
Kilkenny farmer shocked as dogs kill 4 dairy heifer calves
A Co. Kilkenny farmer said that he could not believe it when he discovered that two dogs had attacked and...
Agri-Business
A Co. Kilkenny farmer said that he could not believe it when he discovered that two dogs had attacked and...
Dairy News
A training webinar focusing on improved rearing of heifers will take place on Thursday, February 3. In the 60-minute lunchtime...
Beef News
There was strong demand for quality at Carrigallen Mart’s weekly suckler sale yesterday, Monday, January 17. The sale got underway...
Dairy Technical
The milking production season has ended on many spring-calving dairy farms for 2021, and now is a good opportunity for...
Agri-Business
It’s well publicised information at this stage that Ireland will probably have to look at ways of reducing the average...
Beef Technical
Beef finishers who send cattle to the factory regularly will be well aware of the importance of meeting factory specifications...
Beef
Beef prices are in a good place this week and any farmer with finished cattle to sell will have the...
Beef News
Tuam Co-operative Mart in Co. Galway is set to host a special sale of 65 “hand picked” in-calf heifers. The...
Beef
The Jalex ‘Select 3’ Timed Auction began at 7:00p.m on September 17, and ran until Monday, September 20. There was...
Dairy
A ‘virtual sale’ of high economic breeding index (EBI) weanling and in-calf dairy heifers was hosted by Cashel Mart in...
Beef Focus
Cattle dealing is unquestionably a fine art and many of whom are involved in it have had parents and grandparents...
Beef
After five consecutive weeks of throughput increases in beef processing facilities approved by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...
Dairy Technical
The rearing of heifers contributes a significant cost to dairy systems, yet can be the most commonly overlooked component. Grazing...
Dairy Technical
Research by Teagasc has shown that early nutrition is critical for high fertility and embryo survival in replacement heifers. Early...
Dairy Technical
The heifer of today will be the cow of tomorrow, but the considerable time lag between birth and first calving,...
Dairy
According to College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) dairy advisor Gary Duffy, accelerated calf replacer feeding rates can...
Rural Life
Neighbours of an airbase of the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) got more than they bargained for this morning when...
Beef
Calving heifers at 24 months-of-age is no easy task and requires some precise management. However, it must be noted that farmers...