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November 8, 2023
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Beef and Sheep Adviser Gareth Beacom reflects on the silage season of...
October 30, 2023
The housed period for beef cattle is typically associated with high costs per kilogram of liveweight gain, either through conserved...
October 10, 2023
Responsible Use of Antimicrobials training courses that are currently free for farmers, farm family members and farm workers will end...
July 17, 2023
The CAFRE Agricultural Business Operations [ABO] Level II Certificate Course will be closing for 2023/24 applications on 31st July. Discussing...
July 6, 2023
Cattle slurry is a variable product and recent slurry analyses carried out by farmers in local CAFRE Business Development Groups...
March 8, 2023
We are all familiar with the acronym SAFE when it comes to being safety conscious on the farm. One of...
February 14, 2023
CAFRE benchmarking confirms in suckler to beef enterprises that the top 25% of farms had an output per cow 20%...
Many spring-born bulls in an under 16-month bull beef system are currently being moved onto their final finishing diet. Nigel...
February 1, 2023
Fertility is the key to success in the suckler herd and the profitability of your enterprise will depend on every...
Calving is one of the busiest and most stressful times on the farm with day and night checks becoming normal...
December 21, 2022
“It is no surprise to anyone when I say that farm input costs are at an all-time high,” comments James...
November 10, 2022
Many Autumn herds will now be slowing down on calving with the next task in hand being that of the...