Dairy
Autumn calving: Minimising the risk of pneumonia in calves
As the autumn calving season has well and truly taken off, with more calves on the ground day by day,...
disease control
Dairy
Dairy advice: Preventing Johne's disease in your herd
Johne’s disease (JD) is a bacterial disease of cattle for which there is no cure and is caused by the...
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Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Have you reviewed your herd health plan?
With calving due to get underway on dairy farms in the coming days, one thing that should be put in...
Sheep
Sheep advice: Disease control prior to breeding
As farmers may be looking to assess their flock for the next breeding season once they are dried off after...
Tillage
Tillage: Disease control in spring barley
In terms of disease control, some early drilled crops of spring barley have already received their final fungicide application, according...
Tillage
Push is on to complete 2023 fungicide programmes
The coming days will see tillage farmers push to get 2023 fungicide programmes significantly advanced across all cereal crops. Where...
Tillage
Wheat disease control options for the upcoming season
Septoria continues to be the most damaging disease of winter wheat crops in Ireland, according to Teagasc’s Dr. Steven Kildea...
Tillage
Tillage: Disease control in winter oilseed rape
The area of winter oilseed rape grown in Ireland has increased exponentially over the past number of years. For the...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Tillage
Keeping disease at bay in spring barley crops
There is rhynchosporium present in some spring barley crops across the country and early control is key, as it is...
Tillage
Winter barley: Disease risk as temperatures increase
The rise in temperatures this week will create disease pressure on crops. Rhynchosporium (rhyncho) has been seen in some winter...
Agri Politics
Playing it smart: Importance of sustainable farming underlined with savings of €8,700
Farmers recognise the importance of having a sustainable farming sector – economically, environmentally and socially. This was the view of...
N.Ireland
14 Schmallenberg cases suspected in Northern Ireland so far this year
A total of 14 cases of Schmallenberg virus are awaiting official confirmation in tests so far this year in Northern Ireland....
N.Ireland
Exercise Blackthorn: National exercise to test Foot and Mouth readiness
A major government exercise will see the UK’s four regional agricultural departments in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England come...
N.Ireland
'Super pest' moth now capable of surviving British and Irish winter
A ‘super pest’ moth which is already resistant to a class of common plant protection is now also capable of...
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Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
N.Ireland
BSE: New statuses to be applied to Northern cattle on Monday
New BSE status controls will be included on the North’s departmental animal database ‘APHIS’ to identify Negligible Risk (NR) and...
Tillage
'Timing of fungicide application is becoming more critical'
Septoria is the most destructive disease of Irish winter wheat crops and in the absence of commercially-viable, highly-resistant varieties, fungicides will...
Dairy
Calf housing critical for best performance of dairy herd
Calf nutrition, health and environment are all critical to achieving an optimum lifetime performance of a dairy replacement heifer. That...
Beef
Bulk milk disease screening 'an important tool'
Bulk milk disease screening is important in determining what diseases are present within the dairy herd, Glanbia Milk Quality Control...