Beef
Winter housing is now underway in most parts of the country and with this, pits of silage and cuts of bale-silage are being opened and fed out
Dairy
As farmers prepare to bring the herd in for winter, they must be assessing their parasite control plan and dosing animals accordingly
With autumn calving ready to start, farmers should be asking themselves: how much light should cows be exposed to?
Often at this time of the year, farmers who have their cattle housed for the winter notice a resurgence in lice symptoms on their cattle, and
Farmers must do everything they can to reduce stress levels for young stock at housing to lesson the likelihood of a pneumonia outbreak
Farmers in the west of Ireland, particularly those farming around the Burren, have seen some benefits to out-wintering store cattle.
Farmers need to test cattle for rumen fluke as only certain doses will cure the disease, according to east-Galway veterinary surgeon, Liam O'Malley.
September provides the last opportunity to make any changes to housing before winter, according to Trevor Alcorn.
Beef farmers should use this time to access whether or not their sheds are working, according to Charles Chavasse.
A spring calving suckler cow is an animal that needs to be functional, productive and easy to keep according to Teagasc's James Keane.
