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Beef
'No one saw it coming' - phenomenal spring for calf trade
Tommy Moyles
It's been an extraordinary spring for calves with increased demand both from at home and abroad. Tommy Moyles caught up with a number of mart mangers to get their thoughts on the 2025 calf trade.
'No one saw it coming' - phenomenal spring for calf trade
 
 
Department to scrap pre-movement TB testing proposal for suckler cows
Beef
Department to scrap pre-movement TB testing proposal for suckler cows
Over 2,700 investigations carried out by IFI on farm settings in 2024
Dairy
Over 2,700 investigations carried out by IFI on farm settings in 2024
Teagasc and Kepak host event for beef discussion groups
Beef
Teagasc and Kepak host event for beef discussion groups
Beef and dairy prices in shops have ‘levelled out’
Beef
Beef and dairy prices in shops have ‘levelled out’
VIDEOS
MANAGEMENT
Beef Management Notes: Red water, vaccinations and stock bull fertility
Adam Woods
Beef Management Notes: Red water, vaccinations and stock bull fertility
Adam Woods takes a look at avoiding red water cases in cattle, keeping vaccinations up to date and spotting stock bulls not working as early as possible.
Silage season, BISS scheme deadline and Suckler event in Monaghan
Adam Woods
Silage season, BISS scheme deadline and Suckler event in Monaghan
In this week's beef management notes we take a look at silage cutting, the impending BISS deadline and a suckler event taking place in Co Monaghan.
MARKETS
Watch: inside the 5,000-head Kepak finishing farm
Adam Woods
Watch: inside the 5,000-head Kepak finishing farm
Adam Woods reports from a visit to the Kepak finishing farm this week.
ICBF looking at genotyping issues
Adam Woods
ICBF looking at genotyping issues
Adam Woods has the latest on the National Genotyping Programme including some delays in sample processing.
GRASS & FEEDING
The Grass Week: rainfall hopefully to hold grass growth
Martin Merrick
The Grass Week: rainfall hopefully to hold grass growth
The west and northwest will see the highest levels of rainfall over the next week, with the south east seeing the lowest volumes.
Grass+ Beef: rainfall hopefully arriving just in time
Martin Merrick
Grass+ Beef: rainfall hopefully arriving just in time
While the rainfall has been sporadic so far, heavy rain will return at the weekend, which will hopefully prevent a major grass deficit.
BREEDING & HEALTH
Planning for a healthy summer with stock
Adam Woods
Planning for a healthy summer with stock
Adam Woods takes a look at this week’s special focus on summer health
No sunset for sucklers in Monaghan
Adam Woods
No sunset for sucklers in Monaghan
Adam Woods reports from a farm walk held on the farm of Wesley Browne just outside Monaghan town in Co Monaghan.
FARM PROGRAMMES
Warm weather affecting grass growth on Tullamore Farm
Rachel Gallagher
Warm weather affecting grass growth on Tullamore Farm
Rachel Gallagher talks with farm manager Shaun Diver on things have been going this week on Tullamore Farm.
T2 spray timing on wheat and oats
Conor Kehoe
T2 spray timing on wheat and oats
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Laois, Meath and Waterford, where forecasted rainfall would be welcomed to quench drought fears.
Transformative thinking in Co Kerry
Brendan Dunford
Transformative thinking in Co Kerry
Thomas and Claire O’Connor’s phenomenal energy and missionary-like zeal has transformed their local landscape, unleashing the land’s massive potential for growth, writes Brendan Dunford.
Gates close on winter barley crops
Conor Kehoe
Gates close on winter barley crops
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Cork, Donegal and Waterford, as some crops begin to show signs of moisture stress.
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Year after year, Hygeia delivers for Mayo sheep farmer
For Martin Colleran and his son Ryan, farming just outside Kilmaine, Co Mayo, their success is built on good land, healthy stock and smart decisions.
Elatus™ Era: providing consistent disease control across key crops SPONSORED
Elatus™ Era: providing consistent disease control across key crops
The weather in spring and early summer has been generally favourable to crop growth and development, a complete contrast to 2024.
I’m thinking of buying a mower, what would you recommend?SPONSORED
I’m thinking of buying a mower, what would you recommend?
Conal Moore an Agri contractor & tillage framer from Ballygar Co. Galway. “we do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.
ProClova XL: the ideal post-reseeding herbicide SPONSORED
ProClova XL: the ideal post-reseeding herbicide
The herbicide controls a wide range of weeds, including chickweed, docks, fat-hen, red dead nettle, redshank and fumitory.
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