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TB was the main event on Tommy Moyles' farm last week as the annual herd test took place. If that wasn't enough, he attended a meeting on the subject on the eve of reading the test.
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James Strain attended the Barnett-Hall grain conference in Laois last week and shares his key learnings.
A good September was very welcome, writes Fermanagh farmer, John Egerton.
Gerald Potterton has a strip-till coming for a demo onto his farm soon.
We scanned a few cows that showed up doubtful on the collars on Monday, writes Padraig Callanan.
An upcoming TB test could see grazing for some stock come to a wind down earlier than expected, after a difficult grass-growing year on Tommy Moyles' farm at Ardfield, Clonakilty, Co Cork.
James Strain says that a more pressing issue than the building of a sand arena is his wife's horses trampling his fields.
With the lovely weather, it was too good not to be sowing, so I cracked on 18 September and loaded up the drill.
We've noticed previously that heifers who do not go in-calf on their first insemination can be a problem, but more often than not a natural service will do the trick.
Derek Robinson grows spring barley, alongside his cattle and sheep enterprises, on his Co Down farm
