If beef farmers are assisting a high proportion of cows at calving, or if stillbirth rate is higher than wanted, then cow magnesium status could be to ...

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A vet audit of more than 600 caesarean sections performed on cattle showed that the majority – 77% – took place in suckler ...

Seasonal tips from The Beef Edge, the podcast bringing experts and their knowledge right into a farmer's home, tractor cab or jeep ...

Now that you have calved the cow your attention must shift to getting her back in calf again. Suckler cows will generally lose some body condition after calving, but this needs to be controlled in ...

Suckler cows sold to £3380 paid for a Limousin cow with Charolais bull calf at foot. Tempo producer Limousin cow with ...

Based in Knockmore, just outside Ballina, the farm has steadily grown from 30 suckler cows to 59, having shifted their focus from finishing cattle in recent years.

This week, we spoke to John Crawford about his own farm and his family’s in-calf heifer business, which saw triplet heifers ...

We are running a suckling to beef enterprise, split into spring (60%) and autumn (40%) calving 55 suckler ... cow for colostrum within the first two hours of birth, and if for any reason a calf ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Northern Irish farming representatives have expressed their approval of the Suckler Cow Scheme coming into legislation, despite its initial ...