Beef
The complicated story of fluke – Part 1
The complicated story of fluke – Part 1 Work in Animal Health Ireland has shown that fluke could be costing €70 per finished steer in lost performance if not treated correctly. Martina Harrington, Teagasc Beef Specialist in the first of a two part series this week discusses liver fluke. Here she explains […]
21 December 2021
New Commercial Beef Value (CBV) announced by ICBF
New Commercial Beef Value (CBV) announced by ICBF At last week’s Virtual Beef Conference ICBF announced a new Commercial Beef Value. Described as a new selection tool for farmers with non breeding herds it will have particular relevance to those herds that are purchasing animals to bring to finish. Aidan Murray, Teagasc […]
15 December 2021
Teagasc Green Acres Newsletter Issue 8
0 Teagasc Green Acres Newsletter Issue 8 This latest issue of the Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Programme e-Newsletter, this December, has a farmer update from Ciaran Bartley, Boher, Co. Limerick, key management tips, details of silage quality on Green Acres farms and information on Space requirements for weanlings. Read it here […]
9 December 2021
National Beef Conference 2021
0 National Beef Conference 2021 Due to COVID-19, this year’s National Beef Conference was delivered as two webinars, on Monday, 6th December and Wednesday, 8th December. The conference consisted of the latest beef research and the best technical advice for beef farmers. Access both of the webinars here Monday, 6 December Aidan Murray, […]
9 December 2021
Fertiliser Prices – Aiming to minimize impact of price inflation
0 Fertiliser Prices – Aiming to minimize impact of price inflation With nitrogen prices having trebled in the last number of months and phosphorus and potassium prices rising also, drystock farmers are rightly concerned as to how this will affect their business in terms of cashflow and profitability in 2022. Alan Dillon, Beef […]
8 December 2021
Teagasc Future Beef Programme – Sustainable Cattle Production
0 Teagasc Future Beef Programme – Sustainable Cattle Production The Teagasc Future Beef Programme – Sustainable Cattle Production, was launched by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD on the farm of Oliver O’Hara, near Manorhamilton in County Leitrim today, Monday, 6 December. Liam Herlihy, Chairman of the Teagasc […]
6 December 2021
Register for the Virtual Beef Conference 2021
0 Register for the Virtual Beef Conference 2021 On Monday 6th December and Wednesday, 8th December, Teagasc will bring you the latest beef research and the best technical advice for beef farmers with a live, hour-long, interactive webinar each evening at 8pm. You can expect a variety of contributors sharing their expertise and […]
5 December 2021
Proposed Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme
0 Proposed Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme The details of the new proposed suckler cow scheme which will be opening in 2023 have recently been published in the Draft CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027. Matt O’Sullivan Teagasc Advisor, Killarney outlines the proposed programme here The aim of this programme is to provide support to beef farmers […]
4 December 2021
Promising results from Ireland’s first large scale measurement of methane emissions in beef cattle
0 Promising results from Ireland’s first large scale measurement of methane emissions in beef cattle Novel research led by Teagasc, in collaboration with colleagues at University College Dublin (UCD) and the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF), are making strides towards identifying, and ultimately, breeding for low methane emitting beef cattle to improve environmental […]
2 December 2021
Beef Data Genomics Programme (BDGP) Rollover
0 Beef Data Genomics Programme (BDGP) Rollover The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine has issued letters to farmer participants in the 2021 transitional BDGP scheme, informing them of the option to further extend contracts for a rollover of one further year into 2022. Catherine Egan, Teagasc Beef Specialist, has advice on […]
1 December 2021