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Sheep management: quarantine protocol, genotyped ram action and meal feeding

With breeding and store lamb sales in full flight it is important to have a good quarantine protocol in place for any purchased sheep.

MANAGEMENT 13 August 2025

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Sheep Management: ram effect, purchasing rams, blowfly strike and SWS BCS

Sheep Management: ram effect, purchasing rams, blowfly strike and SWS BCS

MANAGEMENT 6 August 2025

Sheep Management: selling stores, dip supply issues and ACRES landscape actions

Sheep Management: selling stores, dip supply issues and ACRES landscape actions

MANAGEMENT 23 July 2025

Sheep Management: faecal egg counts, store lambs and quarantine control

Sheep Management: faecal egg counts, store lambs and quarantine control

Sheep Management: faecal egg counts, store lambs and quarantine control

MANAGEMENT 16 July 2025

Looking after man’s best friend during peak temperatures

Looking after man’s best friend during peak temperatures

Looking after man’s best friend during peak temperatures

MANAGEMENT 12 July 2025

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Providing shelter for ram lambs and safe transport of sheep

Providing shelter for ram lambs and safe transport of sheep

Producers should be mindful that an excessive spike in the body temperature of rams has the potential to lead to fertility issues in rams .

MANAGEMENT 4 June 2025

Sheep Management: putting plans in place for finishing lambs

Sheep Management: putting plans in place for finishing lambs

Taking stock of the weight and condition of lambs at weaning will allow informed decisions to be made on finishing lambs efficiently.

MANAGEMENT 4 June 2025

Sheep Management: Oviflock launch and cobalt supplementation

Sheep Management: Oviflock launch and cobalt supplementation

The EIP-funded initiative aims to advance breeding in hill sheep flocks through the identification of superior genetics and establishment of flockbooks.

MANAGEMENT 4 June 2025

Sheep Management: weaning decisions, weighing accuracy and health of sheepdogs

Sheep Management: weaning decisions, weighing accuracy and health of sheepdogs

The performance of lambs during the transition from suckling to weaning can be underpinned by having top-quality forage available.

MANAGEMENT 4 June 2025

Putting multispecies swards to the test in Sligo

Putting multispecies swards to the test in Sligo

The father-and-son partnership of Philip and Jonathan Higgins run 200 ewes and 340 Jersey heifers on 90ha with a firm focus on optimising output from a forage-based diet.

MANAGEMENT 4 June 2025

Sheep Management: lameness treatment, shearing delays and rush control

Sheep Management: lameness treatment, shearing delays and rush control

The advice is to retain sheep with scald in footbath solution for 15 to 20 minutes when using a 10% zinc or copper sulphate-based solution.

MANAGEMENT 4 June 2025

Sheep Management: care when applying pour-on

Sheep Management: care when applying pour-on

The manner in which pour-on is applied will have a marked influence on the level of cover achieved

MANAGEMENT 4 June 2025

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The Casey family of Causeway on top

The winners of the Kerry Dairy Ireland Milk Quality and Sustainability Awards were announced at an awards ceremony on Tuesday night.

The Casey family of Causeway on top

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