Once you’ve tried this disbudding method, you’ll never go backKnock-down disbudding is better for the calf, better for the farmer and better for the vet'For any of you that don’t know what I’m talking about, knock-down disbudding is the act of sedating calves before burning their horn buds'. Photo: Alf HarveyEamon O'Connell Today at 06:30We’re over the hump of the spring. Well, at least that’s what I’m telling myself this week anyway and the arrival of glorious sunshine last Thursday helped bolster my positivity.

Source: Irish Independent March 23, 2026 16:05 UTC