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As autumn approaches, Irish dairy farmers enter one of the most critical periods of the production...
Beef
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) beef and sheep adviser, Jack Friar has...
Agri-Business
Income for beef finishers and farmers with cattle (other than suckler and dairy farmers) declined...
One of the main factors affecting decision-making on the economics of winter-beef finishing is how...
There is no incentive for farmers to finish their cattle earlier due to the stagnant beef prices of...
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) has labelled speculation that the suckler...
Pregnancy diagnosis is a vital part of managing fertility and productivity in dairy herds. One...
Where a land lease charge of €208/head of cattle is not counted (where land is not leased), a...
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) has expressed disappointment at the lack of...
Beef News
While beef finishers are seeing a higher margin over concentrate cost this year, it is not being...
Raymond and Richard Carter are mixed tillage and beef farmers based just outside Stradbally in Co....
Green Party politician Pippa Hackett, and her husband Mark, are part-time suckler/beef and sheep...
Rural Life
Philip Stewart is a full-time farmer and agri-contractor from Co. Longford, who has used his online...
With labour becoming harder to source, more farmers are turning to smart farming technologies to...
Although the outlook for winter finishing is challenging, farmers should ensure that their animals...
While beef prices are nothing to write home about at the minute, farmers will have more cattle...
In this article, we look at the break-even prices required for farmers who operate suckler-to-beef...
Kepak held a live cattle grading demonstration at a recent Dairygold Beef Expo at Fermoy Mart, Co....
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By Richard Dudgeon, regional manager, Alltech, Northern Ireland Many people will remember 2018...
Finishing beef cattle is all about efficiency. The overall target when it comes to finishing beef...
Tillage
Eamonn Burke is a farmer with a difference; he has no land of his own. The Co. Galway man farms on...
Buildings
Farming in Glengoole, Co. Tipperary, Padraig Troy runs a tidy and efficient suckler-to-beef...
The vast majority of farmers supply cattle that are clean and acceptable for slaughter under the...
Farming in Ardagh, Co. Longford, Pat and Paul Molihan - a father-and-son team - operate a...
Pneumonia in beef calves not only has an immediate cost in terms of medication, but it can also...
Including the slow-release rumen conditioner Acid Buf can produce a significant 7% increase in...
