Tag: autumn calving

Newborn calves: Have you heard of the Jen Chung (GV-26) acupuncture technique?

‘We need to improve export markets for weanlings and not rely as much on Irish beef factories’

Swapping an autumn-calving suckler herd for a dairy-calf-to-beef enterprise

Ireland’s and the UK’s ‘first’ fully automated dairy farm

How this autumn-calving dairy herd is improving milk produced from grass

‘The dream target is to have 1,000 cows’

Slashing antibiotic usage on Piper Hill dairy farm

‘There is no doubt in my mind that there is a future for suckler farming in Ireland’

Efficiency is ‘key’ for part-time suckler farmer

‘More cows always equals more work, but not necessarily more profit’