Sheep

Safe practices for sheep dipping

This week in our Health & Wellbeing Series, Darren Carty chats with sheep dipper Kevin Sheridan on the importance of safety and best practice when sheep dipping.

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Farmer Writes: Busy Spring on the Egerton farm

John Egerton has had a busy Spring on his farm in Fermanagh

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Tullamore Farm Video Series - Episode 2 - Lambing 2025

The second in our Tullamore Farm video series kicked off this month with all things lambing. A few instances of ewes aborting added to concerns regarding ewe losses, but since lambing commenced, performance has been positive.

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Farmer Writes: Lambing 2025 turns out well

Co Down farmer Derek Robinson is finishing up lambing.

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In pictures: Borris ewe breeders show and sale 2024

The annual Borris Ewe Breeders Show and Sale took place in Borris Mart Borris, Co Carlow.

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Highlights: Tullamore Farm Suckler and Sheep Open Day 2024

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Darren Carty previews the upcoming 2024 Suckler and Sheep open day

Tullamore Farm, the Irish Farmers Journal beef and sheep demonstration farm located just outside Tullamore in Co Offaly will open its gates for a national suckler and sheep open day on Tuesday 23 July.

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Adam Woods previews the upcoming 2024 Suckler and Sheep open day

Tullamore Farm, the Irish Farmers Journal beef and sheep demonstration farm located just outside Tullamore in Co Offaly will open its gates for a nation suckler and sheep open day on Tuesday 23 July.

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Milking 300 organic sheep at the foot of Mount Olympus in Greece

Michalis Avdanas and Catherina Kelliga milk 300 ewes in Elassóna, Greece. The farm started out with just 40 sheep and there are future plans to expand the flock to 500.

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Farm Tech Talk 12.04.2024

This week, we talked to Adam Woods on the impact the weather has had on the beef trade, Darren Carty on the details of the new sheep scheme and Aidan Brennan on the upcoming breeding season who also talks to Laurence Shalloo on balancing clover

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Farm Tech Talk 15.03.2024

On this week’s show we talk SCEP, trade for entitlements ahead of BISS deadline and we catch up with New Zealand dairy farmer, Olin Greenan for an update on what’s happening there.

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Farm Tech Talk 01.02.2024

This week, Darren Carty talks about the new beef welfare and sheep scheme. Aidan Brennan talks nitrates and Siobhan Walsh updates us on the Teagasc Tillage Conference and winter straw scarcity

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