Farming Focus

"A pat on the back and a boot up the arse are only 6 inches apart..." Pat Holden milks cows and raises cattle in South Kilkenny. He features in episode 20 of our Calf Champions series along with his vet Ciara Cronin from Tír na Bhó Vets🐄 Watch it here: calfhealthchampions.ie/calf-champions/

This week, @tommythevet visited Amie Coonan in County Tipperary. Amy is a well-known nutritionist with ABP, but she’s also hands-on in farming, running both a suckler herd and a dairy-to-beef system at home. 📹 Watch the full video on our YouTube channel #DairyToBeef

Avondale Vets have three practices in Wicklow and in this episode of Calf Health Champions we join vet Mark Drought on farm with his client Kalinda Healy, in Redcross. The Healys run a spring-calving dairy system 🐄 Watch Calf Champions Episode 19 here: calfhealthchampions.ie/calf-champions/

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Dirk Huntenburg is our second German vet to feature in the Calf Champions Series. He is a partner in CCW Carrick Vets. We meet him on client Mark Drohan's farm in Waterford and the pair share some interesting thoughts 🙌 Watch Episode 18 in full here: calfhealthchampions.ie/calf-champions/

Our new navel care product NoBacz Navel from NoBacz Healthcare, developed in Cambridge University with expert Vets, is proving hugely popular with excellent farmer feedback in 🇮🇪 so far this season 💪 Available from your animal health supplier 🐄🐑 #animalhealth #nobacz

Meet Patrick Shine, who farms on the outskirts of Cahir in Tipperary. His vet Folke Rohrssen, of Cahir Vets, is a German national who originally came to Ireland to work for a year 35 years ago - and is still here! Watch Episode 17 here: calfhealthchampions.ie/calf-champions/

Kildare is the setting for Episode 16 of Calf Health Champions, where we meet John McHugh from Murphy Sheerin Vets and his client Fran Allen who runs a split calving dairy herd 🐄 "Don't be mean with the milk basically!" Watch Episode 16 here: calfhealthchampions.ie/calf-champions/

Kieran Doyle from Clanrye Vets features in our latest episode, visiting his client James Henning in Co. Down who rears 150 calves for beef each year 🐄 "I think it actually hit the back of his tonsils it was such a direct hit!" Watch Episode 15 here: calfhealthchampions.ie/calf-champions/

Antrim is the setting for Episode 14 of Calf Health Champions, where we meet farmer Jen Campbell and her Vet David McKinstry from Parklands Vet Group🐄 David shares an interesting method for taking a pig's temperature 🐖 Watch Episode 14 in full now: calfhealthchampions.ie/calf-champions/

We stay in Cork for Episode 13 of Calf Health Champions with farmer Niall Twomey and his Vet Matthew Sexton from Faxbridge Vet Hospital 🐄 "Always listen, observe and reflect...don't say the first thing that comes into your head..." Watch in full here: calfhealthchampions.ie/calf-champions/

Noreen O'Sullivan runs a robotic milking system along with her mother and partner in Cork. In this episode, Vet Tom Vaughan pays her a visit and the pair talk all things farming, calf health and lifestyle 🐄 Watch Calf Champions Episode 12 here: calfhealthchampions.ie/calf-champions/

"If you'd a sick calf he'd ring you the following day and make sure he's up and about...!" John Merrick has high praise for his vet, Peter Bourke from East Limerick Vet Centre in our latest instalment 🤝 Watch Calf Champions Episode 11 in full here: calfhealthchampions.ie/calf-champions/

"...in his wisdom slapped out the door of the jeep and knocked her out stone cold!" We're in Tipperary with Ailbe Ryan for Calf Champions Episode 10, with fascinating insights from him and @MarieLouiseRyan, from @mulcairvets Watch Episode 10 in full: calfhealthchampions.ie/calf-champions/

We're down south, outside Tralee, in Episode 9 of Calf Health Champions ⛰ John Carroll and his vet Bernard Costello discuss the value of hard work, comparison with others, the gym, kayaking, biological products and more! Watch it here: calfhealthchampions.ie/calf-champions/ @tommythevet

Micheál Tallon, a vet with Duleek Veterinary Hospital, comments “What we’ve seen is that calves that have received #PrecisionMicrobes from day zero, are less susceptible to pneumonia and if they do they’re bouncing back quicker." 🌐 Visit calfhealthchampions.ie #30for30

Tom Flanagan and Robert English feature in Episode 6 of our Calf Champions series from the Midlands. Tom is based at Park Veterinary Centre and has an incredible 22 years of experience under his belt, while Robert runs a 330-cow spring calving system 🐄 calfhealthchampions.ie/calf-champions/🎞

We're heading west for Episode 5 of Calf Champions, to meet Nicholas Higgins and Karl Clarke in Sligo. Watch Nicolas talk about the best piece of advice he has received and Karl discuss value of the vet-farmer relationship 🤝 Watch it in full now here: calfhealthchampions.ie/calf-champions/ 🎞

We're heading west for Episode 5 of Calf Champions, to meet vet Nicholas Higgins and farmer Karl Clarke in Sligo. Watch Nicolas talk about the best piece of advice he's received and Karl discuss value of the vet-farmer relationship 🤝 Watch in full here: calfhealthchampions.ie/calf-champions/

📣 New navel care technology 🐄🐑 With the launch of Nobacz in Ireland, we are holding a live webinar on 23rd January featuring esteemed veterinarian Fiona Lovatt, who assisted the team at Cambridge University in the development of Nobacz. Register here: register.gotowebinar.com/register/47381…