Beef
Watch: Monitoring body condition score at Teagasc Grange
Watch: Monitoring body condition score at Teagasc Grange Suckler farmers should aim to body condition score (BCS) their cows at least three times per year, housing, pre-calving and breeding, writes Colin Byrne, Research Officer at Teagasc Grange. This means farmers should handle their cows as per guidelines described in the video below. […]
17 December 2023
The trends for beef prices in 2024
The trends for beef prices in 2024 Rupert Claxton, Livestock Director from GIRA Consultancy, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast with his presentation from the Teagasc National Beef Conference. Rupert has worked as a strategy consultant in the food sector since joining Gira in 2003, with a high level of specialisation […]
16 December 2023
The Irish Pollinator Monitoring Scheme
The Irish Pollinator Monitoring Scheme Seven farmers participating in the Teagasc Future Beef Programme are participating in the Irish Pollinator Monitoring Scheme. Aisling Molloy, Future Beef Advisor, informs us of the programme and highlights what is being recorded. The Irish Pollinator Monitoring Scheme was set up to monitor the status, trends and […]
13 December 2023
What’s been happening at Ballyvadin
What’s been happening at Ballyvadin Chloe Millar, Teagasc, gives an update on the Tipperary Dairy Calf to Beef herd, covering grassland, weanling and finishing cattle performance. Grassland The recent cold spell is a welcome break from the rainfall over the past couple of weeks. The ground conditions are improving every day and […]
10 December 2023
Future Beef Farmer Ed Curtin demonstrates his housing and handling facilities
Future Beef Farmer Ed Curtin demonstrates his housing and handling facilities Ed Curtin farms in partnership with his mother Breda in Rowels, Meelin near Newmarket, Co. Cork. He runs a suckling to weanling system consisting of 24 autumn-calving suckler cows. The males are sold for export while the heifers not retained for […]
10 December 2023
Tipperary Dairy Calf to Beef November Update
Tipperary Dairy Calf to Beef November Update Chloe Millar, Teagasc, gives an update on the Tipperary Dairy Calf to Beef herd, covering grassland, weanling and finishing cattle performance. Grassland The recent cold spell is a welcome break from the rainfall over the past couple of weeks. The ground conditions are improving every […]
10 December 2023
Learnings from France: How farmers can be paid for reducing their carbon footprint
0 Learnings from France: How farmers can be paid for reducing their carbon footprint Anaïs L’Hote from the French Livestock Institute is on this week’s bonus edition of the Beef Edge podcast with her presentation from the Teagasc National Beef Conference. Speaking from her experiences in France, she discusses how farmers can be […]
9 December 2023
Newford Farm update: Lifetime concentrate halved for finishing heifers
0 Newford Farm update: Lifetime concentrate halved for finishing heifers Stephen Frend, Farm Manager of the Newford herd, tells us what’s happened on the Newford Farm over the month of November and how 2022-born heifers have performed when finished. This month saw the last of the 2022-born heifers finished, as well as a […]
8 December 2023
Don’t forget to record SCEP Survey Data
0 Don’t forget to record SCEP Survey Data With all the change and confusion over the EuroStar Indices in recent weeks and the focus on meeting the 50% female replacement requirement in SCEP, Aidan Murray, Teagasc Beef Specialist, reminds farmers not to overlook the need to complete the survey data on the calves […]
6 December 2023
Steps to assess your feed options this winter
0 Steps to assess your feed options this winter Aisling Molloy, Teagasc Future Beef Programme Advisor, details how farmers enrolled in the programme are managing fodder supplies and outlines a number of simple steps to assess your feed options this winter. Update your fodder budget The fodder budget tool in PastureBase is a […]
3 December 2023