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Martin Merrick reports on a series of JFC farm walks, highlighting key benefits of their automatic calf feeders.
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Buyers were out in force at the weekly calf sale in Kilrea Mart, resulting in a flying trade across quality lots.
ICMSA livestock committee chair Michael O’Connell welcomed the price rise, with factories working on securing adequate supplies in the run-up to the Christmas trade.
Irish beef factories face reducing supply of suckler bred calves while male dairy remain a challenge but could be a possible solution
This week Adam Woods takes a look at housing heavy cattle, keeping weanlings thriving and on target weight gains, and grazing excess grass with sheep.
Extra demand for land and uncertainty in the Netherlands for future calf exports are reasons why incentives are needed for dairy calf to beef farmers according to Bandon Mart manager Sean Dennehy.
Adam Woods reports from the ABP dairy calf-to-beef demo farm open day, which took place last week in Carlow.
The father-and-son partnership of Aidan and Luke Maguire is working positively and delivering a net margin of over €700/ha, writes Shaun Diver.
A discussion group visit to the Teagasc dairy calf to beef farm in Tipperary got Tommy Moyles wondering how it fits into the future of Irish farming.
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Adam Woods reports from last week’s open day on the Tipperary dairy-beef demonstration farm in Ballyvadin
