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Beef
Five tips for moving cattle from a store to finishing phase
Kieran Mailey
Where farmers are considering moving cattle on to a finishing diet as beef price increases, outlined are some tips to follow.
Five tips for moving cattle from a store to finishing phase
 
 
Lamb quotes surge to 670p/kg at 23kg
Northern Ireland
Lamb quotes surge to 670p/kg at 23kg
Tillage Management: costs, returns and oilseed rape
Tillage
Tillage Management: costs, returns and oilseed rape
10 tips for grazing cattle on forage crops over winter
Beef
10 tips for grazing cattle on forage crops over winter
Deciding what liver fluke product to use
Sheep
Deciding what liver fluke product to use
TOOLS & CALCULATORS


BEEF
Five tips for moving cattle from a store to finishing phase
Beef finishing
Five tips for moving cattle from a store to finishing phase
Where farmers are considering moving cattle on to a finishing diet as beef price increases, outlined are some tips to follow.
DAIRY
Reducing the workload on winter milk farms
Winter milk
Reducing the workload on winter milk farms
With calving in full swing on winter milk farms, Aidan Brennan looks at some practical ways farmers can reduce the workload.
SHEEP
Deciding what liver fluke product to use
Liver fluke
Deciding what liver fluke product to use
The recent liver fluke warnings has cast a spotlight on treatment and selecting the optimum product to use at this stage of the year.
ANIMAL HEALTH
Over 32,000 TB reactors removed in year up to June
Animal health
Over 32,000 TB reactors removed in year up to June
The Department’s TB figures continue to show a worsening of the disease’s trends in herds.


TILLAGE
Tillage Management: costs, returns and oilseed rape
Oilseed rape
Tillage Management: costs, returns and oilseed rape
There is still fieldwork to be done, but there is also a need to do up costs and returns estimates for the 2025 season.
MACHINERY
MTU Tralee hosts sustainable slurry event
Slurry
MTU Tralee hosts sustainable slurry event
Munster Technological University (MTU) Tralee held a Sustainable Slurry Solutions event drawing together over 70 attendees across two days.
BUILDINGS
Challenging conventional livestock housing in Ireland
Animal health
Challenging conventional livestock housing in Ireland
Dr. Jamie Robertson, a Scottish farm buildings expert who is critical of many livestock building designs both here and in the UK.
FARM SAFETY
TAMS III tranche five closing date near as tranche three approvals near end
Farm safety
TAMS III tranche five closing date near as tranche three approvals near end
The closing date for tranche 5 is fast approaching, though the next tranche will open shortly after.


VIDEOS


FARM PROGRAMMES
Attention turns to grazing rape crop on Tullamore farm
Management
Attention turns to grazing rape crop on Tullamore farm
Shaun Diver takes a look at what has been happening on Tullamore Farm this week.
Tullamore Farm: bulls set sail for Italy and students fly in from Kansas
Management
Tullamore Farm: bulls set sail for Italy and students fly in from Kansas
Shaun Diver has the latest update from the Irish Farmers Journal beef and sheep demonstration farm in Tullamore.
Tullamore Farm: bulls set sail for Italy and students fly in from Kansas
Management
Tullamore Farm: grazing comes to a close as cull cows start to move
Shaun Diver has the latest update from Tullamore Farm, including this week's TB test, cull cow carcase weights and feeding wholecrop silage.
Tullamore bulls - decision time: finish or sell weanlings?
Management
Tullamore bulls - decision time: finish or sell weanlings?
Adam Woods takes a look at the 2024-born bull weanlings on Tullamore Farm as the farm decides whether to finish or sell on.
Getting through the first SBLAS audit SPONSORED
Getting through the first SBLAS audit
Damien Murray, Origin Green Producer Liaison & Standard Co-Coordinator gives a step by step guide for new suckler members of SBLAS facing their first audit.
Healthy hens, longer lay with MSDSPONSORED
Healthy hens, longer lay with MSD
With around eight million laying hens in the whole of Ireland, egg production is a growing sector
All-new Toyota Land Cruiser: a trusted ally for Irish farmersSPONSORED
All-new Toyota Land Cruiser: a trusted ally for Irish farmers
The Toyota Land Cruiser has long been a staple in the Irish farming community, renowned for its rugged reliability and exceptional capability in challenging terrains.
New 'high-skim' Flourish Calf from VolacSPONSORED
New 'high-skim' Flourish Calf from Volac
New Flourish Calf is an innovative 23% all-dairy protein, 19% fat formulation with a high skim content (50%). It is also enhanced with a proven package of calf health ingredients.