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Sheep Specialist, Michael Gottstein, joins us on this week’s OviCast to discuss weaning options on farms.
We discuss the current situation on farms, challenges with grass quality and why weaning now is beneficial.
Michael explains the weaning process with some useful tips and management of the ewes and lambs post-weaning.
We finish up discussing some of the areas we need to address at the moment from parasite burden to mineral supplementation to tackling lameness.
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Jayne Harkness-Bones, Depot Manager with Ulster Wool, joins us for this week’s OviCast to discuss the factors that influence the quality of wool, the challenges in the marketplace in recent years and what happens to the wool from purchase until it reaches market.
We talk about shearing, wool handling and storage, with Jayne highlighting some simple practices to make the process easier and improve the quality of the wool harvested.
In the latter half of the podcast, Jayne who is also a council member of the Irish Grown Wool Council, discusses some of the work they have been involved in to realise the potential of wool, develop further opportunities and provide support to the industry.
For more information on some of the items discussed see the following links:
https://irishgrownwoolcouncil.com/
Preparing for Shearing: https://youtu.be/QiyvrF9g-dc
Top tips on how to harvest wool at shearing time: https://youtu.be/qO8HJdMsmME
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Seamus McMenamin, sheep sector manager with Bord Bia, joins us on this week’s OviCast as we look at the lamb trade.
Seamus discusses factory throughput this year to date; we discuss what’s been happening with international trade; falling ewe numbers in the UK and Europe and the impact that this could have on lamb trade this summer.
We finish up discussing trends in demand and attracting younger consumers.
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With blowfly strike a risk on farms, for this week’s OviCast we’re joined by sheep specialist Damian Costello to discuss the risk factors, how it occurs and treatment options available to farmers.
For more information:
https://www.teagasc.ie/news--events/daily/sheep/put-a-plan-in-place-to-deal-with-blowfly-strike.php
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For this week’s OviCast, we’re also joined by Catherine Egan, host of the Beef Edge podcast, as we catch up with Co. Roscommon beef and sheep farmer, Olivia Hynes.
Oliva starts by giving us an overview of her system, we discuss breeding and the use of AI in her suckler herd, lamb performance this spring and some of the challenges it has posed.
We discuss mixed grazing, grassland management and investing in grazing infrastructure, before finishing up with Olivia highlighting the three things she has focused on that have had an impact in her farming system.
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For this week’s OviCast, we’re joined by Terry McElvaney, Veterinary Inspector with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, to discuss some issues that have occurred with flukicide residues in lamb carcasses.
We discuss the problems encountered and the follow up investigations with Terry explaining some of the issues caused and issues they have encountered.
We also discuss the key areas to focus on when using anthelminthic and antibiotics to avoid these type of issues occurring.
Details of licensed veterinary products can be found on the HPRA veterinary medicines webpage:
https://www.hpra.ie/homepage/veterinary/veterinary-medicines-information
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Environmental specialist, Tim Hyde, is on this week’s OviCast to discuss fertiliser limits on farms.
We discuss how the introduction of the fertiliser register has put purchased fertiliser more in the spotlight on farms.
Tim explains the implications of this, how farmers can work out their stocking rate and what the limits are on farm.
We discuss the importance of soil sampling, how this impacts your fertiliser limit and the importance of a fertiliser plan.
We finish up discussing some changes to slurry spreading and the use of LESS technology on farms that are in place this season and coming down the tracks.
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David Buckley from the Department of Agriculture is on this week’s OviCast to discuss key aspects of the new National Sheep Welfare Scheme.
David first gives an overview of the scheme, we discuss eligibility, reference numbers and the application procedure.
David then takes us through the various tasks explaining how they would work and what documentation is required for each.
We finish up discussing the payment dates, administrative checks and the help desk contact details.
For more information:
https://www.gov.ie/en/service/b253f-national-sheep-welfare-scheme/
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Sheep Specialists, Michael Gottstein and Damian Costello, are on this week’s OviCast to discuss some of the key management tasks to do on farms at present.
We discuss fertiliser application, planning for silage and grazing management and we look at the scenarios where supplementation is needed.
In the second half we switch to dealing with the various health challenges highlighting the continued risk of grass tetany, treating for Nematodirus and Coccidia. We also discuss the challenge mastitis poses in ewes at the moment and the need to treat early where scald appears in lambs.
More information about what was discussed can be found here:
https://www.teagasc.ie/news--events/daily/sheep/fertiliser-grassland-and-supplementation-advice-for-sheep-farmers.php
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Dr. James O’Shaughnessy from the Department of Agriculture’s Central Veterinary Research Laboratory in Backweston joins us on the latest OviCast to discuss this year’s Nematodirus forecast.
James first explains the condition, symptoms and we discuss the high risk periods around the country.
We discuss treatment, some of the factors that may lead to a higher challenge on farms this spring, and we also discuss the potential risk of concurrent infection with coccidia.
For more information on the forecast can be found here:
https://bit.ly/Nematodirus_Forecast_2024For more episodes from the OviCast podcast, visit the show page at:
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For this week’s OviCast, we discuss grazing management with Dr Philip Creighton.
With the challenging conditions we discuss the grazing situation around the country, opening covers and the impact of delayed fertiliser application on grass growth.
Philip discusses managing supplies, targeted supplementation where supplies are tight and grazing strategies that can be implemented in the coming weeks. We also discuss fertiliser application rates when conditions allow for grazing and silage.
We finish up with Philip discussing having preventative measures in place for grass tetany due to the current grazing conditions.
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Sheep and Schemes editor from the Irish Farmers Journal, Darren Carty, is on this week’s OviCast to talk about the current sheep trade.
With prices hitting new highs we chat about the trade at the moment.
Darren talks to us about the hogget trade this spring, the start of the early lamb hitting the market and niche markets for milk lamb.
We discuss what’s driving trade, what’s happening on international markets and speculate for what may be in store in the coming months.
We finish up discussing the cull ewe trade and weighing up the option of selling in marts versus direct to abattoirs.
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Grass tetany is one of the challenges in early spring and on this week’s OviCast, Teagasc Sheep Specialist, Damian Costello, talks to us about this in more detail.
Damian explains how it occurs, the pre-disposing factors and high risk periods.
We discuss the symptoms and treatment in acute cases and Damian describes the various preventative measures and how these can be implemented on farms.
Read more about it here:
https://bit.ly/Grass_Tetany_24
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Sheep specialist, Michael Gottstein, is on this week’s OviCast to discuss some timely advice for hill flocks in the run up to lambing.
Michael discusses some of the key areas to focus on this spring highlighting how ewe condition is a challenge.
We discuss the basics of nutrition and some of the feeding strategies that might be employed.
We finish up on to discuss some health areas that require attention in the lead into lambing.
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When focusing on improving fertiliser use efficiently, one often overlooked aspect for the return on investment is the fertiliser spreader itself.
For this episode of OviCast I’m joined by Teagasc machinery specialist, Francis Quigley, to take us through some of the practical considerations around this piece of equipment.
Francis explains many aspects from basic maintenance checks before the season commences, to correct set-up on the tractor and its impact that can have on the spread pattern.
We also discuss calibration, use of technology and the impact of the operator.
For more information:
https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/soil--soil-fertility/fertiliser-spreaders/
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For this week’s OviCast, we catch up with Dr Frank Campion to get an update on the BETTER farm sheep flocks.
We discuss this year’s scanning results, dealing with issues and benchmarking performance. We move on to ewe condition score on the farms at scanning and since tupping and discuss the practical steps farmers can take to manage this.
We finish up discussing grass supplies, preparing for lambing and culling problem ewes.
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For this week’s OviCast, we’re joined by Seamus Fagan from the Department of Agriculture’s regional veterinary lab in Athlone.
As a follow-on from his talk at the recent Sheep Conference, we discuss the importance of records to highlight flock health issues on farm and to help provide a better flock history, particularly in the case of abortion. We discuss the submission process and the timeline for results.
We also discuss some of the challenges seen in the lab this spring with a notable fluke challenge present on farms.
Finally we finish up discussing some of the findings from the ongoing thin ewe survey.
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For this week’s OviCast, I’m joined by my Teagasc colleague, Catherine Egan, host of the Beef Edge podcast, as we discuss financial management tips on drystock farms with Teagasc Financial Specialist, Kevin Connolly.
Kevin first explains the benefits of completing a profit monitor and we discuss what data is required and the ways to simplify this process.
Kevin takes us through the information the profit monitor can generate and how it can be used to highlight key areas to focus on, allowing farmers to benchmark their own farm performance.
We finish up with Kevin offering his three key pieces of advice for listeners to undertake in 2024.
For those interested in completing a profit monitor you can find out more at:
https://www.teagasc.ie/rural-economy/farm-management/financial-analysis/farm-profit-analysis/
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For this week’s OviCast we head west to Corrandulla, Co. Galway to hear from sheep and beef farmer Michael Forde who is a participant on the BETTER farm programme.
Michael first discusses his farming system and some of the challenges of a managing a fragmented farm.
We chat about the impact of a difficult 2023 on lamb performance, sales and ewe condition and how he managed the flock this winter.
Plus we discuss the steps he has taken to address ewe condition since housing, this year’s scanning results and his feeding plans for ewes in late pregnancy.
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On this week’s OviCast we look forward to the Teagasc National Sheep Conference with Dr Philip Creighton previewing the topics being covered.
Philip discusses the times and locations of this year’s conferences and highlights the speakers and the topics they are covering.
These include ‘Nutrition during pregnancy: management and the consequences’, to ‘Simplifying farm transfers: key considerations and strategies’ and ‘Diagnosing and managing flock health issues - on farm experiences’.
For more details visit:
www.teagasc.ie/sheepcon24
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