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What fertiliser does your silage ground need?

What fertiliser does your silage ground need?What fertiliser does your silage ground need?

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  1. What fertiliser does your silage ground need?

  2. Troubleshooting problems in the field

  3. March Grass10 Update

  4. Tips for the lambing shed

  5. Grassland – getting off to the right start

  6. February Grass10 Update

  7. Clostridial vaccination

  8. Scan results & managing ewe condition in late pregnancy

  9. The Sheep Census

  10. January Grass10 Update

  11. Knowing your nitrates stocking rate

  12. Bonus Ep: Tips for dealing with the cold snap

  13. Situation and outlook for 2025

  14. Feeding the ewe in mid-pregnancy

  15. Diversifying the farm business

  16. December Grass10 Update

  17. Key advice at housing

  18. Grazing management on forage brassicas

  19. Hill flocks focus on condition and mating management

  20. November Grass10 Update

  21. Market update: high lamb prices and positive outlook

  22. Lamb finishing rations and feed management

  23. Bluetongue – UK update, spread control measures and vaccination

  24. Examining blackloss and photosensitisation in Scottish hill flocks

  25. October Grass10 Update

  26. Teagasc’s Labour on Sheep Farms Survey

  27. Checking teeth, molar problems and other health issues this autumn

  28. Focus on sheep scab and treatment options

  29. Ploughing 2024 – focus on lamb finishing

  30. September Grass10 Update

  31. Lameness: survey results of causes and farmer management practices in Ireland

  32. Post-weaning lamb performance

  33. Focus on getting condition on

  34. August Grass10 Update

  35. Is autumn reseeding an option?

  36. Recap - SIS Genotyped Ram Task

  37. Grass update & management tips for the coming weeks

  38. Monitoring parasite burden and interpreting the results

  39. Grazing Focus: Grass supply, sward quality and fertiliser

  40. Time to wean?

  41. Focus on wool quality and shearing

  42. How the lamb trade is shaping up for the summer

  43. Time to think about blowfly control

  44. Farmer Focus: Olivia Hynes’ mixed grazing system in Roscommon

  45. Flukicide residues – observing withdrawal dates and correct usage

  46. Knowing the chemical fertiliser limit for your farm

  47. The National Sheep Welfare Scheme

  48. The key management tasks to do at present

  49. Nematodirus forecast 2024

  50. Managing the challenging grazing conditions

  51. Sheep trade update

  52. Preventing grass tetany post turnout

  53. Hill Flocks: feeding & health advice in the run up to lambing

  54. How to correctly set up a fertiliser spreader

  55. Scanning, condition score and preparing for lambing on the BETTER farms

  56. Vet lab submissions

  57. Completing a profit monitor

  58. Farmer Focus: Michael Forde on managing a sheep & beef system on a fragmented farm

  59. National Sheep Conference Preview

  60. Scanning - making use of the information

  61. Management at housing this winter

  62. Alternative bedding options

  63. Silage testing - what the results mean

  64. Tackling the fluke challenge this winter

  65. Managing forage brassicas

  66. Is it time to house finishing lambs?

  67. Examining the trends in the national ewe flock

  68. Breeding, grassland and finishing lambs in Ballyhaise college

  69. Joining ewe lambs & some of the factors that influence its success

  70. The steps to reducing gaseous emissions on sheep farms

  71. Store Lambs Part 2

  72. Store Lambs Part 1

  73. Hill ram genotyping and sales

  74. Will ewe condition at mating effect performance next spring?

  75. The Fertiliser Register – what you need to know

  76. How do foster lambs perform relative to their counterparts?

  77. Planning ahead for the autumn

  78. Market challenges

  79. Designing a sheep handling unit

  80. TAMS III Farm Safety Capital Investment Scheme: Sheep Handling Equipment

  81. Lamb performance – playing catch up in the second half of the season

  82. Sheep Improvement Scheme Genotyped Ram Task

  83. Keeping a check on the worm burden

  84. The Sheep System in Gurteen Agricultural College

  85. Can we reduce ewe wastage and improve their longevity in a flock?

  86. What was the impact of the difficult spring on lamb performance?

  87. Weighing up early weaning

  88. Shearing, training courses and wool challenges

  89. Establishing and managing companion forages in a sheep sward

  90. Farmer Focus: Aidan & Eddie Connell from Co. Offaly

  91. Sheep 2023 Preview – the largest dedicated sheep industry event of 2023

  92. Getting clover into the grazing sward

  93. Grazing: getting back on track

  94. Nematodirus challenge in lambs

  95. New study aims to get to grips with lameness

  96. Dealing with the current adverse weather conditions

  97. Hot water systems for farmyards

  98. Treating hypothermia in lambs and use of the glucose/intra-peritoneal injection

  99. Colostrum: what to know about collection, storage and thawing

  100. Tackling sheep scab in Northern Ireland

  101. Clostridial disease prevention protocols

  102. Flock health

  103. Spring fertiliser planning

  104. Late pregnancy nutrition: energy demand, ration composition & protein source

  105. The impact of dosing adult ewes for worms has on the development of resistance

  106. Market Trends 2023: Throughput, current challenges & demand for the coming months

  107. Managing ewe lamb replacements – does it influence their performance as ewes?

  108. Farmer Focus: Leitrim farmer John O’Connell on managing ewes this winter, scanning & setting the flock up for lambing

  109. Dealing with the challenges during 2022 & the key tasks to start 2023

  110. Update on the forage crop study: performance to date & managing during the cold snap

  111. Farm Safety this Winter

  112. What you need to know about the new Sheep Improvement Scheme

  113. Assessing the fluke risk this winter

  114. Finishing lambs: the impact of diet & management

  115. Genotyping Rams

  116. Managing breeding ram lambs as the season draws to a close

  117. Update from the Central Progeny Testing flocks’ improving margins

  118. The 12 steps to reduce gaseous emissions on sheep farm whilst improving margins

  119. Mating advice - reducing the risk posed by an infertile ram

  120. Planning the autumn grazing rotation

  121. Farmer Focus: Drafting, breeding ewe lambs and grassland management in Co. Roscommon

  122. Getting a handle on lamb drafting

  123. Gearing up for another year in Kildalton Agricultural College

  124. Haemonchus contortus: a parasite challenge to be aware of in sheep

  125. Farmer Focus: Francis Gonley in Co Sligo & his plans for lamb finishing

  126. Farmer Focus: Brian Keane on his mixed enterprise, dealing with drought & sowing cover crops for the winter

  127. Sheep Market Update

  128. Tackling Ovine Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma (OPA) in a hill flock

  129. Grassland management focus

  130. Buying a ram? Make use of the genetic information

  131. Do companion forages influence intake, digestibility and methane production in sheep?

  132. The weights are in – BETTER farm update

  133. Time to check and cull for mastitis

  134. Weaning - management tasks and performance checks

  135. What you need to know about the Fodder Support Scheme

  136. The latest on the finishing systems for hill bred lambs post weaning study

  137. Update on the companion forage study

  138. Update from the BETTER farms

  139. Parasite Control TASAH Consult

  140. The key factors in producing high quality silage

  141. Silage – why quality matters

  142. Getting clover into the system

  143. Update from the Regional Veterinary Lab

  144. Nematodirus in lambs

  145. Farmer focus: James Johnston - Grass, silage and clover in Co. Kildare

  146. Grassland Focus: Priorities for April

  147. Supplementing triplet rearing and yearling ewes post-lambing

  148. Managing artificial reared lambs – transitioning off milk

  149. Tackling Joint Ill

  150. Dealing with Orf

  151. Investigating flock health problems

  152. Hill sheep conference preview

  153. Colostrum Part 2: Impact on the lamb

  154. Colostrum Part 1: what influences ewe production

  155. Planning ahead with a fertiliser budget

  156. Opening covers, fertiliser and planning ahead

  157. National Sheep Conference preview

  158. Why it’s time to soil sample

  159. Farmer focus: Shane Moore, housing scanning and feeding plans

  160. Farmer Focus: Tomás O’Toole and his lamb finishing in the west

  161. The EuroSheep project

  162. Farmer focus: Eddie Gavin wintering on forage crops

  163. The feed value of winter grazing

  164. Update on the Sheep Welfare Scheme

  165. Measuring methane in sheep – breeding for lower emissions

  166. Animal Health Awareness week – focus on AMR

  167. The importance of the Clean Livestock Policy

  168. Choosing the appropriate liver fluke dose

  169. Why you should consider temporary grazing

  170. Cleaning out swards and closing up on time

  171. The benefits of raddling rams

  172. Farmer focus: Brian Nicholson - breeding season kicking off in Kilkenny

  173. A group with a difference: Ólas Hill Farms

  174. Time to consider plunge dipping

  175. Farmer focus: John Joe Fitzgerald – a hill farm in transition

  176. Joining ewe lambs – what to consider

  177. Forage crops: can they carry store lambs to finish?

  178. A field, a marquee, an auctioneer and 4000 sheep: the Cooley Sheep Breeders Association sale

  179. Pre-breeding vaccination: toxoplasmosis and enzootic abortion

  180. Quarantine treating bought in stock

  181. Time to check the ram team and settle new rams in

  182. Genotyping – a step forward this season

  183. Synchronising ewes

  184. The role of cobalt supplementation

  185. Teagasc BETTER farm flocks – lamb growth & weaning

  186. Don’t dose and move –short term gain vs long term

  187. Replacing silage offtakes and maintaining soil fertility

  188. Market update - what’s influencing trends this year to date

  189. Sm@RT – precision livestock farming for sheep

  190. Weighing up the companion forages

  191. Getting clover into the system – consider over-sowing?

  192. Blowfly: risk factors, control options and application procedure

  193. Checking the finances

  194. Farmer Focus: Paddocks, residuals, regrowth and measuring performance in Co Louth

  195. Lambing review – where can we improve

  196. Dealing with scald in lambs and lameness issues early in the grazing season

  197. Nematodirus – signs, treatment & differential diagnosis

  198. Grazing focus - early season management

  199. Lambing one year old ewes – the farmer experience

  200. Identifying the problem ewes during lambing

  201. Artificially rearing lambs – the key points

  202. Farmer focus: Des Powell - Flock Expansion in Co. Tipperary

  203. The causes, timing and on-farm practices associated with lamb mortality and the steps to reduce the incidence this Spring

  204. Spring fertiliser – the key considerations

  205. BETTER Farm Hill flock update

  206. Sheep market focus and outlook for 2021

  207. Farmer Focus: John O’Connell – Scanning, feeding and managing ewes in Co. Leitrim

  208. Focus on Vaccination

  209. Feeding for late pregnancy

  210. Fluke control at this stage of the season

  211. Housing and feed management

  212. Out wintering on forage crops

  213. Using scanning results

  214. Silage sampling

  215. Health and Safety focus

  216. Managing condition in ewes during mid-pregnancy

  217. Sheep health- views from a Regional Vet Lab post-mortem room

  218. Ram management post-mating

  219. External parasites control options

  220. Grazing management – graze outs in difficult conditions and staying on track for closing

  221. Store lamb finishing

  222. Farmer focus: Francis Gonely, breeding, grass and finishing lambs

  223. Mating Management

  224. Quad bike maintenance

  225. Fluke control this autumn

  226. Joining ewe lambs – the key criteria that influence performance

  227. Farmer focus: Denis O’Riordan on hill farming, selling lambs and managing ewes in West Cork

  228. Forage crops – carrying capacity & grazing setup

  229. Managing autumn reseeds

  230. Autumn shearing – performance benefit?

  231. Getting ewe condition right

  232. August grassland management focus

  233. Farmer focus: John Bell – paddock system & finishing groups

  234. Ram selection – making use of indices

  235. Early Lamb Systems?

  236. Checking for resistance – the Drench test

  237. Mineral supplementation in sheep flocks

  238. Farmer Focus, Patrick Dunne: Changing systems and dealing with this year’s drought

  239. Control of stomach worms – improving sustainability

  240. Considering the hard-to-see traits when selecting replacements

  241. The Data Quality Index and commercial performance recording

  242. Focus on weaning

  243. Effective sheep footbath facilities

  244. Shearing season underway

  245. Blowfly control

  246. Making high DMD silage

  247. Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the sheep sector

  248. 19: Episode 19: Nematodirus infection in young lambs

  249. 18: Episode 18: Sheep sector market update

  250. 17: Episode 17: Grazing management: Keeping on track in April

  251. 16: Episode 16: Artificially rearing lambs

  252. 15: Episode 15: Coccidiosis in lambs

  253. 14: Episode 14: Grass Tetany in ewes – predisposing factors and prevention measures

  254. 13: Episode 13: Managing Ewe lambs

  255. 12: Episode 12: Nitrogen use efficiency

  256. 11: Episode 11: Late pregnancy nutrition effect of concentrate quality and source of protein

  257. 10: Episode 10: Winter housing management

  258. 9: Episode 9: Managing condition score

  259. 8: Episode 8: Controlling external parasites: Sheep dipping

  260. 7: Episode 7: Role of alternative forages in store lambs systems

  261. 6: Episode 6: Grazing focus – Gearing up for the autumn

  262. 5: Episode 5: Flock health status- biosecurity and quarantine

  263. 4: Episode 4: Ram Focus - using genetic information

  264. 3: Episode 3: Internal Parasite Control

  265. 2: Episode 2 - Silage feed value

  266. 1: Episode 1 - INZAC Flock Performance & Grassland management