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How the price slide shapes post-weaning and backgrounding decisions.
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How the price slide shapes post-weaning and backgrounding decisions.
As autumn calvers begin to dry-off over the coming weeks, farmers will turn their attention to preparing calf facilities, but calf care can start long before the calf is born. Agri...
Continued high attrition rates in the number of farmers rearing calves was highlighted as a “significant challenge” in the Irish dairy-calf-to-beef industry at a recent Teagasc far...
The Department Of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has revealed the key statistics on the numbers of farmers rearing calves and the number that quit rearing calves in 2026....
Beef cow culling hits record lows while dairy cow harvest rises. Steer and heifer numbers also fall significantly year-to-date through June.
John Magnier-owned operation said ‘everyone is deeply, deeply upset by what occurred’
Bacteria can enter skin and hoof tissue when cattle stand in ponds and streams, which can lead to lameness.
The calf export market is a key outlet for Irish calves bred from the dairy herd, with over 215,000 calves exported from Ireland to date this year. These calves are exported to cus...
A pedigree Galloway cow has stunned breeders by giving birth to four healthy calves – three bulls and a heifer – in what could be a remarkable first for the historic breed. Politic...
Young stock are at the greatest risk of contacting Johne’s disease, a notifiable disease in Ireland, but farmers can take measures to minimise the exposure to disease. Johne’s dise...
Once calves begin grazing and developing into functional ruminants, their demand for key trace elements increases significantly. Deficiencies in copper, selenium, cobalt and iodine...
Golden Vale Marts held its weekly cattle sale in Kilmallock Mart on Monday (July 27), where 730 stock went through the ring, with the stand-out trade being the sale of a Limousin c...
Successful reproductive performance is crucial to the long-term profitability of every dairy farm. Yet the period around calving is about much more than reproductive figures alone....
Coolmore has confirmed that 14 of its cattle died last month after the drinking water supply for the animals was disconnected during last month’s “intense hot spell”. Coolmore, whi...
As Ballyvadin Beef Farm Ltd in Fethard, Co. Tipperary purchased in 443 calves over a six-week period, with only 1.5 labour units on the farm, efficiency was key to ensuring the ope...
A mother dolphin was spotted carrying the dead body of her two-week-old calf south of Perth, Australia.
Confidence in North’s veterinary and enforcement processes ‘severely damaged’, says Ulster Farmers’ Union
With weanling cattle regularly seeing prices over €5/kg and the best cattle making over €6.50/kg, maintaining weanling health is of vital importance for farmers. This was the focus...
The current dry spell is taking a severe toll on grass supplies for farms in many drier parts of the country. The low grass supplies means supplementary feed rates for dairy-beef c...
This week's genetics review looks at how pregnancy testing, foetal ageing and lactation status can be used to group breeder cows and better match their nutritional demands to avail...
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