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Best practice in cleaning and disinfecting animal housing this summer

If it hasn’t already been completed, livestock houses should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, writes Martin Merrick.

BUILDINGS 17 June 2026

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Best practice in cleaning and disinfecting animal housing this summer

Best practice in cleaning and disinfecting animal housing this summer

BUILDINGS 17 June 2026

Calculating costs on roofing open tanks

Calculating costs on roofing open tanks

BUILDINGS 3 June 2026

Opening up the gates to better farm safety and animal welfare

Opening up the gates to better farm safety and animal welfare

Opening up the gates to better farm safety and animal welfare

BUILDINGS 4 March 2026

Compact JCB loader a gamechanger for busy Galway dairy farm

Compact JCB loader a gamechanger for busy Galway dairy farm

Compact JCB loader a gamechanger for busy Galway dairy farm

FARM MACHINERY 4 March 2026

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Farmer Writes: five sets of twins arrive

Farmer Writes: five sets of twins arrive

The other three sets of twins were a surprise - all twin heifers - and, to be fair, they calved themselves without any assistance.

FARMER WRITES 22 August 2025

Dairy Management: last minute calving checks

Dairy Management: last minute calving checks

Aidan Brennan looks at some of the last minute tasks for dairy farmers before calving kicks off.

MANAGEMENT 22 August 2025

Q-Bed saves mixed Armagh farm time and money

Q-Bed saves mixed Armagh farm time and money

Since moving to a Q-Bed 324 cubicle bedder, Armagh farmers Samuel and Thomas Dickson have cut labour and bedding usage by a third and witnessed an improvement in cow cleanliness, writes Gary Abbott.

FARM MACHINERY 22 August 2025

Farm buildings: our top five features in 2025

Farm buildings: our top five features in 2025

Martin Merrick looks back at some of our most popular features in the farm buildings pages of 2025.

BUILDINGS 22 August 2025

Top-class finish to Kilkenny cubicle shed

Top-class finish to Kilkenny cubicle shed

Tom Phelan and his family have recently seen their 84-cubicle space shed completed to an exceptionally high standard.

BUILDINGS 22 August 2025

Dairy Management: EBI changes, grazing and getting ready for winter

Dairy Management: EBI changes, grazing and getting ready for winter

Aidan Brennan goes through some of the key changes in the EBI that will affect the genetic merit figures for all herds.

MANAGEMENT 22 August 2025

Twenty ways to spend €20,000: ride on cubicle bedder

Twenty ways to spend €20,000: ride on cubicle bedder

In a series looking at potential investment ideas for dairy farms, Daire Cregg looks at the potential advantages of a cubicle bedder to reduce labour on farm.

NEWS 22 August 2025

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How FJ Dynamics is supporting smarter decisions in the field

After more than two decades working with GPS technology, Tipperary contractor and dealer Robert O’Shea has witnessed precision farming become an increasingly important part of everyday farm management

How FJ Dynamics is supporting smarter decisions in the field

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