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Written by Claire Sammon from Agriland UK chief veterinary officer, Christine Middlemiss, has today (Tuesday, September 17) set out further measures to mitigate the spread of bluetongue virus (BTV) serotype 3 (BTV-3), following 70 confirmed cases of infection. BTV is primarily transmitted by...

Anyone know where to get NEDLAC non return teat dipping cups from?

Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) price index has decreased by 0.4% at the latest trading event held today (Tuesday, August 3), which is the first decrease since the beginning of July 2024. 179 bidders participated in the auction across 20 bidding rounds lasting...

These types of crushes aren't very common in Ireland, a typical set up here is 3 rails and a few posts along side a wall and a very basic head gate, and maybe a few pallets tied with strings thrown in for good measure, most people think this is great but it isn't. I have got a grant for a mobile...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The results of a new farm business report have revealed a wide range in farm performance levels in Northern Ireland, with the difference in gross margin per cow between dairy enterprises equating to £1,009/cow. The Northern Ireland Farm...

Above on a mission still to try to prove badgers are not the carrier of tb onto Livestock farms,9pm bbc 2 a documentary been made by him and bbc. Article in online main bbc news, with him as usual putting all the blame on farms and saying our poor farm hygiene is all to blame...

Patch of dry skin right on palm of my hand. It's the absolute itchiest thing ever, I keep making hand bleed from scratching it on things so hard. Nowhere else on me. Tried wife's hand moisturiser (ohhhh) but not helping.

Just wondering if anyone is willing to share what their dry cow diets are costing them currently. Our dry cow and transition management is now one of our biggest bottle necks. We need to address it in a cost effective manner relative to our herds output. Certainly not 10k litre cows are all...

Giving some thought to what attributes you would measure when selecting stock on an extensive system. Signet etc measure stuff that can only really be measured if you have the animals inside regularly or close at hand. They also seem obsessed with growth so encourage hard feeding. I and others...

Are there any differences with the different brands? Different brands, different prices. Noroseal=£95 Orbeseal=£133 Uberseal blue=£123 Cepralock=£115( 144 tubes v120 with the others) Used cepralock last year and thought there was a lot of air and hard to press.

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland A total of 16 breeds were represented in the final sheep inter-breed champion class at Castlewellan Show 2024. William Tait from Omagh, Co. Tyrone, had the unenviable task of selecting a winner from what was a very strong line-up of individual breed...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Farm business income measured across all farm types in Northern Ireland is expected to decrease from an average £51,043 in 2022/2023 to £27,345 in 2023/2024. This is a decrease of £23,699, or 46% per farm, the Department of Agriculture...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Sainsbury’s has announced an investment into new AI veterinary technology to measure and enhance animal welfare on dairy farms. The retailer said the artificial technology could “revolutionise” the approach to cattle care. In partnership with...

We did a better job of managing cows in the parlour pre/during calving this yr. it means the number of cows with a cell count above 200 has dropped from 19 to 14% and the number of cows between 200 and a 100 has dropped considerably as well. however we still have a volatile cell count...

How likely is it a cow will abort twins? I found a calf yesterday evening with a cow standing over it, calf was about 6 weeks away from being due. This morning I found another calf the same size but no cow. One a bull calf the other a heifer. This is suckler cows, pedigree Devon. Ive...

Recently while on holiday I got talking to a farmer and he’s just put a new rotary in which he’s very pleased with anyway he told me to come and have a look at milking time which I did then he said put some units on but I found it really difficult because there is a bar which the unit is...

Do many people here have one, do you own or hire them ?. Any to recommend?

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Ballymena Show always attracts a fantastic turnout of sheep, and 2024 did not disappoint in this regard. The man charged with the responsibility of judging the inter-breed classes was Johnny Aiken from Cumbria, who is a native of Banbridge in Co...

American here. Was listening to Farming Today podcast this morning and they pronounced Herefordshire "hair-uh-furd-shur", which makes sense, I guess. How do you pronounce the beef breed there? We would say "hur-furd" so I assumed that Herefordshire was the same. Learn something new every day I...

3rd one we’ve had in 12 months, had 2 last year one very white milking cow & one friesian bullock . And now an IC heifer 2 weeks ago. (5months in calf) She looked as though she’d had an allergic reaction, though possibly an adder bite or something. She is still swollen and stiff vets now...