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How to: Manage your weanlings at housing time
Housing is a stressful time for young animals. Often, groups of animals experience long transport distances and are unfamiliar with...
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Beef Technical
Weather suits suckler farmers for weaning calves outdoors
With this week’s weather forecast promising favorable weather conditions for cattle out grazing on land, many suckler farmers have decided...
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Roan-blue weanling heifers cross €4.56/kg at Carnew Mart
Almost 500 weanlings were of offer at Carnew Mart’s weanling show and sale which took place last Wednesday, September 29....
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Quality weanlings 'in high demand' at Dowra Mart
A total of 830 cattle went under the hammer at Dowra Mart, Co. Cavan, last Saturday, October 4. On the...
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Beef focus: Producing suckler progeny and wind energy in NI
Farming near Tempo in Co. Fermanagh, Darren Foy runs a suckler operation with a small-scale wind turbine on the farm...
Beef Technical
Pneumonia in weanlings: Prevention is better than cure
Any farmer who buys or sells weanlings will be well aware of the detrimental effect a case of pneumonia can...
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Irish weanling exports plunge by over 20% on last year
Export figures for weanling cattle have taken a hit so far this year and are back by over 2,720 head,...
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Video: Almost 300 bulls on offer at Carnaross Mart
Last Tuesday’s weanling and suckler sale got underway in Carnaross Mart at 5:00pm and saw a total of 290 bulls...
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Video: Weanling heifer trade off to a flying start
Looking at prices from the cull cow and heifer rings in marts this week, it is little wonder that a...
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Sixmilebridge to host autumn-born weanling show and sale
Sixmilebridge Co-op Mart is set to host its annual show and sale of autumn-born weanlings in conjunction with its general...
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Factors to consider this winter in order to achieve a margin from your weanlings
With the weather well and truly ‘broke’ at this stage, the time for housing cattle on many farms has arrived....
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Pics and prices: Exporters drive the trade for weanling bulls at Gort Mart
On Thursday last, September 26, Gort Mart held its spring-born weanling show and sale. Situated in a large suckler region,...
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Kilkenny Mart: Exporters in the market for Angus, Hereford and Friesian weanling bulls
Last Tuesday (October 23), Kilkenny Mart held a weanling sale and a “good yard” of 380 weanlings met a lively...
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Freshly-weaned calves 'driven bananas' by fireworks
About 30 freshly-weaned calves were “driven bananas” by fireworks in recent days in Co. Kildare, according to farmer Alan Byrne....
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Payment for weighing calves is 'a good move'
“The €40 payment for weighing calves, announced in today’s budget, is a welcome development.” That’s what the Irish Cattle and...
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Record-breaking heifer price recorded at Balla Mart weanling show and sale
Last Tuesday (September 4), Balla Mart held its first weanling show and sale. A “roaring trade” was reported and this...
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Turkish lira crisis: 'The worry is we'll sell zero weanlings this autumn'
Turkey’s lira crisis has become a major cause of concern among Irish exporters as doubts over its market for live...
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Pics and prices: Exporters drive the trade at Mountrath Mart's E and U-grade sale
Mountrath Mart’s E and U-grade weanling sale took place on Thursday last. A large crowd gathered around the sale ring...
