Dairy
The heavy rain over the weekend will more than likely have brought a halt to the majority of grazing around the country.
2025 was a good year for straw production following a tough two years prior, but droughts in the UK and SIM have still reduced availability.
Despite a lot of animals already housed for the winter, farmers should consider weighing young stock before fully housing the entire herd.
Beef
Winter housing is now underway in most parts of the country and with this, pits of silage and cuts...
With poor weather conditions and shorter days, grass growth and dry matter have dropped significantly over the last week.
As the final grazing rotation wraps up, farmers need to ensure their winter housing is ready for the herd.
As farmers prepare to bring the herd in for winter, they must be assessing their parasite control plan and dosing animals accordingly.
Farmers are being reminded to take caution when housing cattle in the current wet, mild conditions, with daytime temperatures still up to 17°
With the evenings closing in, and autumn calving ready to start, how much light should cows be exposed to for quality milk production?
The performance of cattle during the winter-housing period should be monitored to ensure that cattle are meeting their target live weight...
Farmers in many parts of the country have already started housing cattle but with dryer October weather conditions in most parts of...
Cubicle housing is often discussed and disputed on what the best set-up and lay-out is for cow flow, cow comfort and adequate cow space...
The summer months provide a good opportunity for farmers to clean cattle sheds and make repairs to livestock sheds in advance...
Often at this time of the year, farmers who have their cattle housed for the winter notice a resurgence in lice symptoms on their cattle.
With temperatures set to plummet tomorrow, some measures can be taken to avoid your farm running into some issues caused by the cold weather.
The Teagasc DairyBeef 500 team, in conjunction with Agriland, is running a live webinar tomorrow,...
Beef News
The ICSA is advising farmers to keep sheds empty this winter, unless there is an improvement in beef prices.
Dairy Technical
It is now time to start looking at the sheds that will be used for housing livestock over the winter months to ensure they are ready.
Most farmers around the country have began the process of housing cattle at this stage and have at least some cattle housed for the winter.
Winter preparations are well underway on farms to ensure that the housed period is successful and thus early in the following lactation.
There was a noticeable interest in going organic at a Transferring the Family Farm event in Co. Donegal yesterday (Tuesday, October 4).
Teagasc is set to host a winter beef finishing information event at Kilkenny Mart on Tuesday, September 13.
Beef Technical
Winter is the most common time to see infestations of external parasites such as lice and mange...
