Farmer Writes: Bloat in dairy heifers

FBD National livestock show training day 2025

Hundreds of young showing enthusiasts attended an FBD National livestock show training day in Tullamore mart last Sunday. Experts demoed animal preparation in sheep, beef and dairy cattle including a masterclass on clipping and show etiquette.

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Erth Panbuster: proven design gets modern tweak

Peter Thomas Keaveney speaks to Denis Madigan from Erth Engineering about their Panbuster, on how to set it up and how to best use the machine.

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Farm Tech Talk 02.05.2025

This week we chat to Darren on all you need to know about schemes, Aidan updates us on what is happening in the fields and Lorcan shares the latest from dairy companies. We also chat to John Brennan from Grassland Agro on optimising grass growth.

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Farmer Writes: Docks thrive as clover fades

Co Down farmer Derek Robinson has decided to spray a field for docks.

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Pictures of the week 20250502

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