Buildings
The importance of getting ventilation right this spring
With the lambing and calving season underway, it is important farmers keep in mind the importance of good ventilation in...
Buildings
With the lambing and calving season underway, it is important farmers keep in mind the importance of good ventilation in...
Sheep
The lambing season may be underway on some farms but, for the majority of farmers, their ewes won’t lamb down...
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Monitoring is a thing of the past – today, it’s all about preventive health management. With precise measurements of key...
Sheep
On a recent visit to a sheep farmer in Co. Cavan – that recently converted from a suckler enterprise –...
Sheep
Based in Crubany, Co. Cavan, John Hewitt is a sheep farmer who is lambing 140 ewes this year. He explained...
Sheep
Armagh part-time farmer John McKavanagh has just enjoyed the tightest lambing yet with all 280 Lleyn ewes heading back to...
Sheep
A farm family in Co. Mayo got a surprise earlier this week when their ewe gave birth to five hale...
Sheep
Lambing on all farms is different, some farmers choose to lamb their flock outdoors while others will house and lamb...
Sheep
According to an assessment carried out by the National Fallen Stock Company (NFSCo), UK sheep mortality during the 2018 lambing...
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The Farm Well Hub is a new Irish online resource specifically dedicated to farmers mental health and well-being. The Farm...
N.Ireland
By Dr. Eileen McCloskey, Sheep Technologist at CAFRE, Greenmount For the majority of farmers lambing is over, and for those...
Sheep
Energy is the first limiting factor in the late pregnancy diet of a ewe. However, protein also has an important...
Sheep
The vast majority of March-lambing flocks are in the throes of lambing and looking after the ewe’s health can play...
Sheep
A ewe has managed to defy million-to-one odds to successfully give birth to six lambs on a farm in the...
Sheep
It’s been a tough couple of days for sheep farmers; especially those whose flocks were exposed to the elements. With...
Sheep
Late pregnancy is a critical period on sheep farms, as 85% of all foetal lamb growth occurs in the final...
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Do you live in a house using a domestic wastewater treatment system (i.e. septic tank or packaged treatment system) for...
Sheep
The many nutritional challenges facing the ewe during late pregnancy must be managed in order to avoid a detrimental lambing...
Rural Life
Vets from St. Benedict’s Vet Clinic in Co. Sligo have played a key role in delivering a set of triplet...
Sheep
Lambing is fast approaching on many mid-season lambing flocks. Given this, it’s an ideal time to undertake clostridial vaccinations. ‘Booster’...
Sheep
No less than six sets of quintuplet lambs have been born, and survived, on one lucky farm in Co. Offaly since...