N.Ireland
Impressive turnout of sheep at Ballymena Show 2024
Ballymena Show always attracts a fantastic turnout of sheep, and 2024 did not disappoint in this regard. The man charged...
simmental
Rural Life
Second Mayo farmer surprised by triplet calves
It was a case of lightning strikes twice in Co. Mayo last night (Monday, November 13) as another farmer in...
Beef
Triplet calves born in Mayo on Halloween are 'flying it'
A Co. Mayo farmer who had assumed his cow was having twins, was in for a shock when she gave...
N.Ireland
Armagh Show 2023: Red and white were the colours of the day
The much heralded dairy inter-breed championship at Armagh Show 2023 was won by an elite red and white Holstein cow....
N.Ireland
Balmoral results: Super Simmental day kicks off day one
Balmoral Show consistently throws up livestock champions that live long in the memory for all the right reasons. And, without...
Beef News
Glennon returns to Simmental society as general manager
The Irish Simmental Cattle Society has announced that Peadar Glennon has returned to the society as general manager. Glennon previously...
Beef Technical
Blast from the past; old Simmental sires available once again
It can be exciting news for breeders when they hear that AI straws of popular old pedigree sires come back...
Rural Life
Simmentals take centre-stage for one family this Mother's Day
With the dinner table talk often focused on the family’s prize-winning Simmentals, this Mother’s Day will be no different for...
Beef
Online auction to be held by champion Simmental herd this weekend
The well-known Rathnashan Pedigree Herd is set to hold an auction of Simmental animals emerging from its “best group of...
National Ploughing Championships
Picking up the pieces: 'All day it was just a rumour mill'
Exhibitors hit hardest by Storm Ali at this year’s National Ploughing Championships have been picking up the pieces and striving...
Beef
Beef focus: Breeding the 'ultimate cow' with polled Simmentals in Co. Mayo
In this week’s beef focus, we travel west to the farm of John Hession at Portroyal Partry, Co. Mayo. On...
Beef
Beef focus: 'You can read all the books you want, but it takes experience to farm'
Farming on the Sligo/Leitrim border, Declan Oates runs a suckler-to-weaning enterprise on 44ac of land. An additional 13ac of commonage...
Beef
Beef focus: Close to 800 cattle on show at Jalex herd open day
Farming in Randalstown, Co. Antrim, James and Nelson Alexander – a father-and-son team – run an in-calf heifer selling enterprise....
Beef
Pics: Maximising profitability from a suckler-to-beef herd
Tom Halpin farms 64ha in Robertstown, Co. Meath. With the help of his wife Anne and his children Matthew, Claire...
Beef
'Go Go Dancer' fetches €8,700 at Simmental Premier Sale
The Irish Simmental Cattle Society held its Premier Spring Sale in Roscommon on March 11, where bulls made an average...
N.Ireland
Simmental bulls reach £3,150 at Northern Ireland club sale
Bulls reached a top price of £3,150 at the Northern Ireland Simmental Club’s show and sale in Ballymena Mart recently....