Upcoming Events
A Guide to a Successful Calving Season Webinar Series 2026
Strong calf performance and farm profitability start well before calving. Getting nutrition, minerals, vaccination and calving management right has a major impact on calf survival, cow health and labour efficiency on suckler beef farms.
Teagasc Future Beef team are hosting a two part webinar series designed specifically for suckler beef farmers, combining the latest research with practical on-farm experience to help reduce calf losses and improve performance in the coming calving season.
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Profit Starts Before Calving – Reduce Calf Losses Before They Happen
Tuesday, 6th January | 8pm
What will be discussed?
This webinar will focus on the key management decisions during pregnancy that influence calving difficulty, calf vitality and early-life disease risk.
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Topics include:
- Nutrition of the pregnant suckler cow – matching energy and protein supply to stage of pregnancy
- Minerals – how important are they? Identifying deficiencies, choosing the right supplementation and timing
- Vaccination programmes for suckler herds – controlling scour and pneumonia:
- Which animals to vaccinate
- Which vaccines are appropriate
- When vaccines should be administered to protect the newborn calf
Speakers
- Professor David Kenny, Teagasc
- Dennis Howard, Munster Bovine
- James Skehan, Future Beef Farmer
A live calf at calving: A step by step guide to calving your cow and keeping that calf alive
Tuesday, 20th January | 8pm
What will be discussed?
This session will concentrate on best practice at calving time and the critical first hours and days of a calf’s life – when most losses occur.
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Topics include:
- Calving the suckler cow – recognising normal calving, managing difficult calvings and knowing when to intervene
- Newborn calf management – colostrum management, hygiene, housing and early disease prevention
Speakers
- John Donlon, Veterinary Practitioner
- Wesley Browne, Future Beef Farmer