Each month, cow-calf producers are faced with management tasks related to seasonal and production goals. Jason Warner, Kansas State University Extension cow-calf specialist, summarizes the top 10 ...

Farmers participating in the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) or the 2025 National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme are ...

When weaning calves, reducing stress must be your priority. Stressed weanlings are much more prone to illness, such as pneumonia, writes ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy Grass quality is currently ...

A decision to keep a heifer that looked “the best of the bunch”, despite her borderline pelvic score, taught Stuart Gowling a valuable lesson. The heifer went on to need a caesarean section. As a ...

Four drivers that determine what is "fair" in terms of a cash lease or percentage of the calf crop the cow owner should ...

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Martin Glennon explains how cash-flow is key on his 130 enterprise where he breeds commercial cows and pedigree Simmentals, and rears dairy-bred calves Martin Glennon on the family suckler farm in ...

Excellence in schoolchildren’s exhibits and cattle and sheep competitions organised by Fermanagh Farming Society during the summer was celebrated at a Prize Night held at CAFRE’s Enniskillen Campus ...

Farm organisations blame poor prices, overly complicated schemes and empty promises for drop in suckler cow numbers ICSA suckler chair Jimmy Cosgrave has said that if something doesn’t change, Ireland ...