Sheep
Mating underway for 2025 season
Mating underway for 2025 season Fiona Mcgovern, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc Athenry, Co. Galway reports on mating on the INZAC and breeding flocks at Athenry. Grass growing conditions have remained steady since my last update. Average growth over the past few weeks has been 55kg DM/day, with 26 […]
10 October 2024
OviCast: Checking teeth, molar problems and other health issues this autumn
0 OviCast: Checking teeth, molar problems and other health issues this autumn Seamus Fagan from the Department of Agriculture’s Regional Veterinary Lab in Athlone joins us for the latest OviCast episode as we discuss various health issues this autumn. With many flocks completing the final check over ewes before going to the ram, […]
8 October 2024
Developing the farm business in Co Monaghan
0 Developing the farm business in Co Monaghan Ciaran Lynch, Sheep Specialist, and Conal Murnaghan, Drystock Advisor, discuss Darragh Cassidy’s efforts to improve his mixed sheep and beef farm, including investments in infrastructure, reseeding, and starting a direct meat sales business. Darragh Cassidy joined the Teagasc BETTER farm sheep programme this spring. Currently […]
8 October 2024
OviCast: Focus on sheep scab and treatment options
0 OviCast: Focus on sheep scab and treatment options Rachel Mallet, a veterinarian at Bimeda, joins Ciaran Lynch on this week’s OviCast podcast to discuss sheep scab and treatment options. Rachel first explains how sheep scab occurs, how it is spread and details the correct diagnosis. The focus of the conversation then switches […]
1 October 2024
Countdown on for Sheep Expo 2024
0 Countdown on for Sheep Expo 2024 Sheep Expo 2024, an event of interest to everyone involved in the sheep industry, will take place on Wednesday, October 9. Hosted over two locations – the Bloomfield House Hotel, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath and Tullamore Farm, Co. Offaly – the event targeting students, farmers, veterinarians, policy […]
1 October 2024
Weighing up store lamb options
Weighing up store lamb options Damian Costello and Dr Frank Campion write on the options available to farmers finishing store lambs this autumn, focusing on the important aspects of budgeting and feeding. With 2024 being a challenging year for lamb performance, many farms that run a breeding ewe flock are assessing their […]
24 September 2024
Top tips for store lamb production
Top tips for store lamb production Stephen O’Callaghan, Drystock Advisor, Teagasc Mullingar, provides practical tips for store lamb production, highlighting key considerations like lamb weight, grass availability, health management, and budgeting to optimise lamb finishing and profitability. The difficult spring and poor grass growth over the summer months have had an impact […]
22 September 2024
Teagasc Sheep Specialists focus on lamb finishing at Ploughing 2024
Teagasc Sheep Specialists focus on lamb finishing at Ploughing 2024 Teagasc Sheep Specialists, Michael Gottstein and Damian Costello are on this week’s OviCast as they discuss the focus on lamb finishing at the sheep section of the Teagasc stand at this year’s National Ploughing Championships. Michael talks through some of the decisions […]
17 September 2024
Completing a drench test to identify what wormers are still working
Completing a drench test to identify what wormers are still working As some farms are reporting very high stomach worm egg counts over recent weeks, Head of Sheep Knowledge Department at Teagasc, Michael Gottstein discusses the importance of completing a drench test to identify what wormers are still working on your farm. […]
17 September 2024
Ram Mating Management
Ram Mating Management To optimise lambing rates, ensure rams are in good health and body condition, use multiple rams, and maintain proper ram-to-ewe ratios, James Doran, Teagasc Drystock Advisor, tells us more. As many sheep farmers will join their rams to their ewes and ewe lambs to facilitate January – March lambing, […]
15 September 2024