Young farmers: an endangered species? There has been much talk in recent months about the scarcity of young people going into farming...
As we face into May, a lot of us will turn our attention to the forthcoming cattle breeding season. At this stage, the majority of cows will h...
Eligible farmers need to be aware that the closing date for applications to the National Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme (NDBWS) is fast approaching. The De...
Nematodirus in lambs: what is the risk in your area? Last week, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine issued its annual Nematodirus fore...
With lambing season now well underway, most sheep farmers are probably suffering – understandably – from some of the symptoms of exhaustio...
The prevailing wind In yet another indicator of the prevailing wind in Irish agricultural policy, the organic farming sector received more good news ...
Lambing season is now underway in many parts of the country. For most sheep farmers, this means sleepless nights and a strange mixture of joy and desp...
New announcement from DAFM There was more news from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine last week, as Minister Charlie McConalogue ann...
The two leading causes of mortality among young calves are scour and pneumonia. Last week on this platform we looked at the causes of scour, and discu...
With calving season now well underway, many of us will be concerned about the threat of scour. Scour is the most common health ailment among young cal...
Sheep scab is a concern at all times of the year, but the autumn and winter months tend to be the highest risk periods. While scab is rarely f...
There was big news from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine this week. On Monday, Minister Charlie McConalogue, alongside Ministers of ...
