Beef
Are you confident in your winter fodder budget?
With first-cut silage saved and most ground for second cut now closed, it’s the perfect time to check your fodder budget to ensure you’ve enough ground closed. Read some key tips here:
29 June 2025
Listen: Teagasc Ballyhaise College Beef Farm Update
Noel Prunty and Liam McWeeney from Teagasc Ballyhaise College join Catherine Egan on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to give an update on breeding season and how the bulls performed finishing under 16 months.
25 June 2025
Community, cattle and curiosity: Huge turnout for Agri Aware Open Farm in Co. Galway
Aonghusa Fahy’s suckler beef farm in Ardrahan, Co. Galway was a hive of activity on Sunday, June 15, as up to 1,800 visitors from across the region descended on the family farm for Agri Aware’s Open Farm 2025, Future Beef Programme Advisor, Aisling Molloy tells us more about the event.
25 June 2025
Calving and breeding – an update from Future Beef farmer, Ruairi Cummins
Participant in the Future Beef Programme, Ruairi Cummins fills us in on the latest happenings from his farm in Kilmoganny, Co. Kilkenny, reflecting on calving, breeding and why investing is soil fertility is a wise choice.
23 June 2025
June check: How is your breeding season going?
With mid-July fast approaching, the recommended time to pull your bull, now is the perfect time to assess how your breeding season is progressing.
23 June 2025
5 tips to keep grass quality high in June
June is a tricky month for grassland management. Here are five simple tips to help you keep on top of grass quality this month:
21 June 2025
Summer CalfCare Events kick off next week
A series of four CalfCare Events will kick off next week, offering novices to dairy-beef or seasoned producers key tips and tools to boost their herd’s performance.
21 June 2025
Time to dose?
As it is getting to the time of year where parasite burdens can become a problem in cattle, Beef Specialist at Teagasc, David Argue shares key tips on dosing for stomach worms and lungworm.
18 June 2025
Tipperary Dairy Calf to Beef Demonstration Farm Update
Chloe Millar from the Tipperary Dairy Calf to Beef Demonstration Farm is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast, providing an update on calf rearing this spring and management on the farm currently.
18 June 2025
Organic Suckler Farming with John O’Hanlon
John and Stephanie O’Hanlon farm 38.88 hectares in County Longford. They joined the Organic Farming Scheme in 2023 and have since fully converted.
15 June 2025