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Sheep
Sheep mart comment: steady trade with marginal increases in price
Martin Merrick
A steady week of liveweight sales has been underpinned by factories holding or increasing quotes.
7 August 2024 Management
Clostridia vaccines, feeding weanlings and beef events this week
In this week's beef management notes Adam Woods takes a look at vaccinating weanlings, feeding cattle at grass and profiles a few beef events taking place this week.
5 July 2024 Management
Watch: lambs weaned early as beef breeding comes to a close on Tullamore Farm
Martin Merrick chats to farm manager Shaun Diver as the mid-season flock of lambs are weaned early, while breeding in the suckler herd comes to an end for 2024.
New sheep wormer made available in NI
The wormer is known as 'dual active' as it contains two compounds that target the same parasites.
3 July 2024 Northern Ireland
Watch: inside a 6,500-head dairy-beef calf-rearing farm in Somerset
Adam Woods visited Long Lane farm this week, which rears 6,500 calves annually for the Buitelaar group.
7 June 2024 Breeding & health
Get smart with sheep wormers this summer
Strategic dosing can lower worm burdens on farms and also prevent worm populations from becoming resistant, writes Peter McCann.
5 June 2024 Northern Ireland