This lambing season, Agridirect discusses the causes of hypothermia in lambs, and looks at preventions and cures. It's all lambs, lambs, lambs ...

Argidirect discusses the government's plans to introduce animal wormer regulations, and asks what it will mean for Irish farmers! Wormer regula...

Shoddy fences? Accidents will happen! It’s spring, and that means livestock returning to pasture after a long, dreary winter on slats. All to...

As lambing season approaches, farmers will be keen to reduce losses and maximize potential stock numbers. According to Teagasc’s recent “L...

Questions farmers have about Dog Attacks Dog attacks are becoming a bigger problem every year and farmers have a lot of questions in regards them, su...

Feeding before lambing   Feeding the ewe well in the weeks before lambing can help reduce first 24-hour lamb losses significantly. Ewes that ha...

Approaching Trace Element deficiency in sheep Animax’s Allsure sheep boluses are becoming the go to bolus for sheep farmers around the country....

Many sheep farms are now in the final stretch of the pre-lambing period. High-quality care and management of ewes in the final 6 weeks of pregnancy ar...

Reseeding Many farmers I know often say that reseeding grassland is only something for big dairy farmers; “I can’t afford that” is ...

­­ A lot of farmers have been troubled by Coccidiosis, be it with lambs or Calves. Most simply ask a vet or a fellow farmer for advice on how ...

  With marts around the country facing hardships of increased insurance costs and reduced prices,not to mention more farmers deciding to se...

Keeping surplus lambs -Is it worth the Hassle? With lambing in full swing, for a lot of farmers, the question that faces many is what to do with surp...