National Beef Conference 2017 Presentations

The 2017 Teagasc National Beef Conference focused on planning for healthy profits and increasing productivity from your beef herd. A number of excellent presentations were given which covered topics such as fluke, successfully using AI, impact of different feeding levels and the feeding value of imported feedstuffs. The last presentation was on BREXIT and the impact it may have on the Irish Beef Industry. You can view all presentations below.

• Improving the Control of Liver and Rumen Fluke in suckler cows and beef cattle (PDF 23mb)
  Dr. Theo de Waal, University College Dublin
• Using AI on a 100 cow suckler farm (PDF 13mb)
  Matthew Murphy, Newford Suckler Demonstration Farm
• Lessons learned from the beef finalists of the Grass10 Competition (PDF 4.7mb)
  John Maher, Teagasc
• Impact of different feeding levels on age at puberty and pregnancy in beef heifers (PDF 1.5mb)
  John Heslin, Teagasc Grange
• Influence the choice of bull has on the lifetime performance of beef calves coming from the dairy herd  (PDF 2mb)
  Stephen Connolly, ABP
• Feeding value of various imported feedstuffs for beef cattle  (PDF 1.1mb)
  Dr. Mark McGee, Teagasc Grange
• BREXIT Update – Possible Impacts on the Irish Beef Industry  (PDF 3.6mb)
  Dr. Kevin Hanrahan, Teagasc