Sheep
Mating management and housing finishing lambs
Teagasc Sheep Specialist, Ciaran Lynch shares some key advice on managing rams during the latter stage of the breeding season and post mating, and he shares some key considerations when housing finishing lambs.
18 November 2025
Management tips as the breeding season enters the final phase
Teagasc Advisor, Tom Coll is on this episode of the OviCast podcast with some practical management tips as the breeding season draws to a close.
11 November 2025
Strengthening the understanding of hill grazing
A new project began this year, funded by Teagasc and in collaboration with SRUC (Scotland), investigating the effects of summer hill grazing on ewe and lamb performance, Michael Dever, Teagasc Walsh Scholar, fills us in on the study and what it hopes to achieve.
11 November 2025
OviCast: Practical tips for grazing forage crops
Teagasc Advisor, James Doran discusses the practicalities of grazing forage crops on this episode of the OviCast.
28 October 2025
Weighing up the options with store lambs
Have you lambs remaining or are in the market for stores, Sheep Specialist at Teagasc, Damian Costello writes on store lamb performance, feeding strategies and marketing options.
28 October 2025
LESS and protected urea use on Irish farms
Representative of almost 88,000 dairy, beef, sheep and tillage farms nationally, the recently published suite of National Farm Survey (NFS) enterprise factsheets shed light on the levels of protected urea and Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) use on Irish farms last year.
22 October 2025
October grass: A delicate balancing act
For sheep farmers, October is a critical month for grassland management. Get it right and you’ll have sufficient supplies of grass for when ewes and lambs return to pasture next spring; get it wrong and you’ll end up feeding more meal/silage or hampering ewe performance during the breeding season.
21 October 2025
Tomás O’Toole’s approach to higher litter sizes and less empty ewes
A participant in the Teagasc BETTER Farm Sheep and Signpost Programmes, Tomás O’Toole fills us in on the latest happenings from his farm in Co. Galway, where tasks ahead of the breeding season have taken priority.
18 October 2025
Autumn grassland management guidelines for sheep farms
Autumn is the starting point of the grassland year. Management and decisions made in this period have a direct effect on the quality and availability of grass the following spring, Dr Philip Creighton, Teagasc, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Athenry Co. Galway, shares some key advice.
14 October 2025
Monitor breeding progress and sheep scheme compliance
Sheep Specialist at Teagasc, Damian Costello provides timely reminders on staying compliant with sheep schemes and monitoring ram performance as the breeding season gets underway.
14 October 2025