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Sheep clean livestock policy refresher course

With upwards of 30mm to 40mm of rain forecast on Friday night through to Saturday and coming hot on the wheels of some heavy snowfalls, ground conditions will come under pressure.

22 November 2024 MANAGEMENT
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Tips for grazing management of forage crops

Martin Merrick details some key advice on managing grazing of forage crops this autumn and winter.

12 October 2024
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Challenging 15 months for grass and fodder

Not one, but two summers in a row where there has been difficulty securing fodder reserves, has really strained farmers.

9 October 2024 WINTER INDOOR MANAGEMENT
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What you need to know about finishing plans for your lambs

From exploring the merits of shearing lambs to ration formulation and offering roughage with ad-lib concentrates, Darren Carty shares reader queries addressing topics cropping up at present.

9 October 2024
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Farm Tech Talk: weanlings, TAMS and forage crops

Booming weanling prices, the TAMS approval process and forage crops all feature on this week's Farm Tech Talk.

9 August 2024 NEWS
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Combining 550 organic ewes and tillage in Carlow

Joe Nolan’s family-run farm is striving to operate as a self-sustained unit with a growing tillage enterprise providing feed for the ewe flock and sales outside the farm.

7 August 2024 NEWS
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Opinion: bless me fodder, for I have sinned - minister needs to reverse on SIM

The almost universal opposition to Minister McConalogue's decision to withdraw the Straw Incorporation Measure is the clearest sign he has got this one wrong.

20 July 2024 OPINION