Beef
Top tips for animal health at housing
0 Top tips for animal health at housing With the housing of animals coming around again, farmers’ thoughts are turning to parasite control, on this week’s Beef Edge podcast, Dr. Natascha Meunier, Beef Health Check , Programme Manager with Animal Health Ireland, discusses the parasites to look out for and how to treat […]
4 October 2023
What’s working for Future Beef farmer Ger McSweeney and his plans for the future
0 What’s working for Future Beef farmer Ger McSweeney and his plans for the future Aisling Molloy tells us about Ger McSweeney who is farming over 31ha in Toorenbawn, Millstreet with his wife Karen and their daughter Ella. They operate a spring calving suckler to beef system with bulls finished at 15.1 months […]
4 October 2023
Nutrition, health and performance on Kay O’Sullivan’s organic farm
0 Nutrition, health and performance on Kay O’Sullivan’s organic farm Kay is organically farming over 35 Ha near Mourneabbey Co Cork. Along with suckler cows she also has 75 ewes and 11Ha of Forestry. Animal Nutrition Kay sowed redstart, a kale/rape hybrid brassica crop on her farm this June. The aim of sowing […]
4 October 2023
Autumn Beef Health Walks
0 Autumn Beef Health Walks The Teagasc Beef Specialist and local Advisory team are hosting a series of Autumn Beef Health Walks in association with Animal Health Ireland (AHI). Topics to be discussed include Housing Requirements Winter Nutrition Animal Health Farm Safety See dates and venues below Wednesday, 4 October | 2pm | Cork […]
3 October 2023
Dates for your diary – scheme deadlines
0 Dates for your diary – scheme deadlines In the latest edition of the Teagasc Future Beef Newsletter, the team remind us of important upcoming scheme deadlines. October 15 Last day to record fertiliser closing stocks for 2023. October 16 Must be quality assured for the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) – 100% penalty […]
2 October 2023
Reduced slaughter age strategy delivers in Mayo
Reduced slaughter age strategy delivers in Mayo Reducing the slaughter age of their beef animals has delivered impressive results for DairyBeef 500 participants Jarlath and Austin Ruane, reports Tommy Cox, DairyBeef 500 Advisor. One of the strategies which will help reduce greenhouse gases is the reduction in the age of slaughter of […]
30 September 2023
Teagasc Beef Budgets 2023/2024
Teagasc Beef Budgets 2023/2024 Every autumn Teagasc produces a set of financial budgets as a guide to beef farmers who are buying cattle for finishing over the following 18 months. Purchase prices are based on the prevailing market value at the time for weanlings and store cattle. Inputs required for finishing are […]
29 September 2023
“Getting Winter Ready” on-farm beef events
“Getting Winter Ready” on-farm beef events Teagasc and Animal Health Ireland (AHI) are running a series of on-farm beef events throughout October to highlight the importance of housing, nutrition and animal health to maximise performance over the winter months. The first in the series of nine events arranged across the country, will […]
27 September 2023
How Proinnsias Creedon maximises his farm performance over winter
How Proinnsias Creedon maximises his farm performance over winter Proinnsias Creedon, Future Beef farmer, joins host Catherine Egan on this week’s episode of The Beef Edge podcast to give an insight into his beef system and how he maximises performance over the winter. Proinnsias farms with his wife Máire and sons Ciarán, […]
27 September 2023
Getting ready for housing on DairyBeef 500 farms
Getting ready for housing on DairyBeef 500 farms With daylight hours declining and heavy rainfall over recent weeks, the housing of stock is under way or just around the corner on many farms throughout the country. Tommy Cox, DairyBeef 500 Advisor, reports that this is also the case among DairyBeef 500 participants. […]
27 September 2023