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  • Bull beef and suckler update from Monaghan ABP Monitor Farm
  • Explainer: How to secure the max €3,375 payment in new suckler scheme
  • Table: Guide autumn weaning calendar for suckler farmers

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Bull beef and suckler update from Monaghan ABP Monitor Farm

Spring-2025-born bull calves have nearly all been finished from Wesley Browne’s 85-cow suckler herd in Co. Monaghan. This spring’s calves will be introduced to creep feed from next...

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agriland.ie /2 weeks ago

Explainer: How to secure the max €3,375 payment in new suckler scheme

The new suckler scheme, the 2026 Beef Welfare Scheme (BWS), opened for applications earlier this week. This year’s scheme is very similar in structure to last year’s edition. Up to...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Table: Guide autumn weaning calendar for suckler farmers

Suckler farms that take early weaning preparation steps can reduce the level of stress and animal health issues on their farms when weaning time arrives. Timely vaccination plans a...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Calving difficulty, shape and colour priorities for Roscommon farmer

Farming 70ha in Co. Roscommon, Oliva Hynes operates a spring-calving suckler system, bred 100% to artificial insemination (AI). With the breeding season well underway, sire choice...

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agriland.ie /3 weeks ago

€28m suckler scheme to open shortly with bluetongue vaccine option

The 2026 Beef Welfare Scheme (BWS) worth €28 million will open this week for applications. Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon has confirmed that that this...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Roscommon young suckler/sheep farmer insight on factory ‘KT group’

Farming between Four Roads and Athleague in Co. Roscommon is James Fitzmaurice. Fitzmaurice is farming in partnership with his father Willie and the duo run a suckler-to-beef opera...

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agriland.ie /6 days ago

Building better cows from Day 1 on a Limerick dairy farm

Achieving average weaning weights of 112kg does not happen by accident. For Patrick and Valerie Sheehy, it starts with meticulous calf management, high-quality nutrition and invest...

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independent.ie /1 month ago

Young Wicklow farmer to receive mini-flock worth more than €2,500 under Flocks of the Future initiative

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agriland.ie /1 week ago

Clare FutureBeef farmer to showcase suckler breeding at national farm walk

Farmers will have the opportunity to see a practical and progressive suckler-to-beef system in action when Future Beef farmer James Skehan opens his farm gate for a Teagasc Future...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Labour efficiency at heart of calf rearing on demo farm

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...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Taking the work out of breeding in south Wexford

On a busy south Wexford dairy farm, where no two days are the same, finding ways to work smarter has become just as important as working hard. Liam Rotchford, who farms alongside h...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

‘A lot to be gained from planting forestry on your land’ – Clare suckler farmer

Agroforestry provides an opportunity to integrate trees into existing farming systems, allowing continued agricultural activity while also delivering environmental and financial be...

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agriland.ie /4 days ago

Keeping roughage and concentrates in the diet when paddock grazing

Managing a paddock system for dairy-beef calves at grass is more challenging in that every time calves are moved, troughs for concentrates and roughage feeders have to be moved als...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Managing forward cattle as grass growth stalls on ABP Demo Farm

Like most drier parts of the country, grass growth rates have all but stalled on the ABP Demo Farm in Co. Carlow. Agriland recently caught up with ABP’s agri-sustainability manager...

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agriland.ie /2 weeks ago

Housing cattle early due to dry spell grass deficit on Meath beef farm

When grass regrowths stalled in late July on the farm of Micheal and Kieran Dunne in Trim, Co. Meath, the father and son farming duo made the call to house more older cattle. Micha...

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agriland.ie /1 week ago

Watch: Meath beef farmers’ ‘mini’ solution for saving on silage supplies

Feeding silage to cattle at times of the year when fresh grass is available is something that dairy calf-to-beef farmers Kieran and Michael Dunne have been trying to eliminate. The...

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independent.ie /2 weeks ago

Wicklow farmers to share their sheep worrying experiences and views as part of UCD survey

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agriland.ie /2 weeks ago

Can sacrifice paddocks return value to the farm over winter?

Many farms, especially in the southern half of the country, will currently be feeding silage as grass has been exceptionally scarce since the end of May in the worst affected area....

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agriland.ie /6 days ago

Antrim demo hill farm turning to tech to boost output

The benefits of managing hill farms proactively have been confirmed by research and development work carried out in Northern Ireland. This approach allows for balancing the food ou...

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agriland.ie /3 weeks ago

IHFA Focus Farms 2026: Six dairy farms showcasing pedigree breeding

The 2026 IHFA Focus Farms represent a diverse range of production systems. Among them are spring-calving and split-calving herds, grass-based enterprises and higher-output systems,...

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agriland.ie /1 week ago

Vaccination takes the stress out of weaning for Longford farmer

Autumn can be a high-risk period for calf pneumonia on Irish farms, with stressors such as weaning and housing reducing the ability of the immune system to fight disease. One farme...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Tips for beef farmers setting up simple paddock-grazing systems

Tips for setting up effective and simple paddock-grazing systems were among the discussion points at a recent Teagasc beef farm walk. Speaking at the Teagasc DairyBeef500 farm walk...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Watch: Insight from Laois beef farmer on Kepak Young Farmer Forum

Farming on the Co. Laois side of the River Barrow between Monasterevin and Ballybrittas is Enda Luttrell. He is farming in partnership with his father Peter on approximately 300ac...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Attrition rates of farmers willing to rear calves ‘a significant challenge’

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...

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