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Many farmers in parts of the country with heavier soil types have already commenced housing cattle for the winter.

Farming just outside Urlingford, Co. Kilkenny, is Declan Hickey, a part-time suckler and calf-to-beef farmer who is producing dairy-steer beef that is in

ABP Food Group has announced the winners of its Beef Benchmark sustainability awards at the ABP Demo Farm open day in Carlow.

Farmers who bought calves this year for beef production should be focusing on maximising weight gain on these 2023-born dairy-beef progeny.

Pat Carthy has been farming for 34 years in a wheelchair and is presently calving 30 cows in a split spring/autumn calving system.

50 of the 2022-born heifers on the ABP Demo Farm have been sent to the ICBF Tully Progeny Test centre for performance trials

It is only now that second-cut fertiliser is being spread in many regions of the country due to the prolonged dry weather.

Summer Scour Syndrome is a relatively new issue on farms rearing calves and the illness can have a serious impact on calf performance.

John O'Gorman is a dairy farmer who is integrating the calf production on his farm, with the needs of the farmers he supplies calves to.

ABP Food Group has announced it will supply a total of 2,000 AI straws to farmers producing calves for the Advantage Beef Programme.