Beef
Teagasc appoint new Cattle Specialist
Teagasc appoint new Cattle Specialist Teagasc has appointed a new Cattle Specialist, Niall Kerins, who will be based in Teagasc Moorepark and will cover the south west of the country. Niall Kerins is from a drystock farming background in Co. Kerry. Niall graduated from the Cork Institute of Technology with a Bachelor […]
29 June 2023
When are you going to ‘pull your bull’?
When are you going to ‘pull your bull’? The breeding season for spring-calving herds is now into its final weeks on most suckler farms. Aisling Molloy, Future Beef Programme Advisor, provides a refresher on the breeding targets for suckler herds and outlines how the breeding season progressed for programme farmers. Earlier calving […]
28 June 2023
What impact will the National Genotyping Programme have on the beef industry?
What impact will the National Genotyping Programme have on the beef industry? Gearóid Slattery from ICBF joins Catherine Egan on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss the National Genotyping Programme. The National Genotyping Programme (NGP) is a collaborative initiative enabling Ireland to take the first step in achieving a fully genotyped […]
28 June 2023
John Pringle Farm Update – Grassland, Clover, Breeding & Performance
John Pringle Farm Update – Grassland, Clover, Breeding & Performance John farms with his wife Linda, daughter Lucy and sons William and Scott. He works full-time on the farm in Kilacloran, Aughrim, Co. Wicklow. Here he gives us his farm update for May and June. Grassland management 35 acres of silage has […]
26 June 2023
Be vigilant of lungworm
Be vigilant of lungworm After a sustained dry period, recent rainfall may have created the perfect conditions for lungworm to develop. One of the most important respiratory diseases of cattle in Ireland and caused by Dictyocaulus viviparous, humid conditions following rainfall create the perfect conditions for lungworm to multiply. With most of […]
26 June 2023
DairyBeef 500 walks commence next week
DairyBeef 500 walks commence next week Aiming to promote and demonstrate dairy-beef systems, which are socially, environmentally and financially sustainable, the DairyBeef 500 Campaign will host a series of farm walks this year. Launched this day last year, the campaign is led by Teagasc and will promote the adoption of best practice […]
23 June 2023
Strategies for grassland management in the coming weeks
Strategies for grassland management in the coming weeks DairyBeef 500 Manager, Alan Dillon joins Catherine Egan on this week’s episode of the Beef Edge podcast. Providing an update on how farmers in the campaign are recovering from drought conditions, he outlines the steps they will take in terms of grassland management over […]
21 June 2023
Red clover: Availing of the benefits on beef farms
Red clover: Availing of the benefits on beef farms As chemical fertiliser prices reached new highs last year, many beef farmers looked at ways of reducing the amount of fertiliser that they applied on their farms. In this article, DairyBeef 500 Advisor Fergal Maguire highlights the benefits of red clover. Since early […]
21 June 2023
Research update: Forage or concentrate?
Research update: Forage or concentrate? Researchers from Teagasc Grange Research Centre report on the effect of forage or concentrate beef production systems on farm profit, carbon footprint, land use and meat nutritional value. The effect of contrasting suckler weanling-to-beef production systems on steer performance, land use, farm economics and greenhouse gas (GHG) […]
18 June 2023
Early life health of breeding bulls
Early life health of breeding bulls Across both beef and dairy sectors, genomic selection has increased the rate at which we can select young bulls that have superior genetics. High demand from farmers, for these high genetic merit, first-season bulls means that there is a high demand for their semen at a […]
17 June 2023