In the last blog I spoke about the Celts running their animals between two bonfires during Samhain to cleanse them and bring them good luck for the st...

It’s that time of year again where sheep farmers around the country are facing into battle with the dreaded blowfly. Blowflies are the most wid...

Concerns are growing nationally and internationally regarding the increased cases of resistance to some of the most commonly used wormers. As serious...

The annual menace of Nematodirus battus is still a serious problem on many farms in Ireland, with the changeable weather this year causing particular...

At the minute many farmers are trying to empty some of the slurry from their tanks.  The prolonged winter has left many tanks at capacity, but s...

We will soon be facing into the growing season (hopefully) and looking towards our crops and letting livestock out to grass. However it will also gr...

With a lot of farmers struggling to get slurry out due to the weather, they’re looking at their slurry tanks reaching the brim in dismay. But th...

It’s lambing time again with many farmers losing sleep trying to get all ewes lambed, not to mention fostering multiple birth lambs to a mother ...

Okay. We lied.  There is no such thing as a stress free lambing season.  It’s a fraught and difficult time, as you stumble sleep depr...

  Cattle Parasite Control Guide When trying to choose the correct product for your livestock there are a number of factors to take into ac...

Last time we talked about how to prepare for calving, from getting your calving kit and housing ready, to the actual birth. Once your calf is born, a...

It is calving season on a lot of farms throughout the country again, so here at Agridirect we’ve decided to give you or do’s and don&rsquo...