Beef
Growth Watch: Remember to replace what you take off
Growth Watch: Remember to replace what you take off This week’s GreenAcres Growthwatch comes from the farms of Pat Collins, Co. Cork and Martin Connolly, Co. Roscommon. James Fitzgerald & Seán Cummins, Green Acres Advisors provide advice on replacing what you take off. A typical bale of silage contains 10 units of […]
10 July 2021
Maintaining cattle performance from mid-season to housing
0 Maintaining cattle performance from mid-season to housing A minimum of three weight recordings should be carried out on beef farms and preferably more. Alan Dillon Teagasc Beef Specialist, has advice here around rectifying sward quality to ensure good animal performance off grass and he has 3 sound tips for best practice cattle […]
8 July 2021
What should I be dosing beef animals for now?
0 What should I be dosing beef animals for now? Orla Keane, Senior Researcher at Teagasc Grange, has some timely advice in relation to updating your herd health plan and parasite control on this week’s Beef Edge podcast. It’s a good time of year when calving is over for a spring calving herd […]
7 July 2021
Beef Newsletter – July 2021
0 Beef Newsletter – July 2021 This month’s Beef Newsletter includes information on: Sustainable parasite control; Five July jobs; Climate actions for July; Marketing early-maturing steers off grass; Research Update – Reducing methane emissions; and Health & Safety – Farm Safety Week. View it here: Teagasc Beef Newsletter – July 2021 (PDF) In this […]
7 July 2021
Growth Watch: Controlling weeds in May reseeds
0 Growth Watch: Controlling weeds in May reseeds The timing of reseeding plays a crucial role in the ability to control problematic weeds going forward. Where reseeding was completed earlier this year, there’s an opportunity to tackle problem weeds, like docks and chickweed, now. James Fitzgerald & Seán Cummins, Green Acres Advisors provide […]
2 July 2021
Martin Connolly’s Beef Edge Masterclass on his Friesian bull beef system
Martin Connolly’s Beef Edge Masterclass on his Friesian bull beef system Teagasc Green Acres dairy calf to beef participant, Martin Connolly, from Co. Roscommon gives a Beef Edge Masterclass on this week’s podcast episode. He gives an insight into his 21-22 month Friesian bull beef system and discusses the key points from […]
30 June 2021
When should breeding season end?
When should breeding season end? On Spring calving suckler farms the stock bull will need to be removed by the 15th July 2021 to ensure no calves are born in May next year. Catherine Egan, Teagasc Beef Specialist discusses the implications of late calving cows and advises on the next steps to […]
30 June 2021
Green Acres GrowthWatch in Kildare & Tipperary
Green Acres GrowthWatch in Kildare & Tipperary James Fitzgerald and Seán Cummins, Programme Advisors to the Green Acres farms offer some timely advice on grassland management and share the current grassland management plans of two of the programmes farmers; Peter Byrne and JP Hammersley. The Advice In drier areas of the country, […]
25 June 2021
Green Acres Calf to Beef – GrowthWatch: Taking an opportunity to apply the ‘forgotten fertiliser’
Green Acres Calf to Beef – GrowthWatch: Taking an opportunity to apply the ‘forgotten fertiliser’ Historically, Irish farmers applied lime on a little and often basis. Now only 50% of the national lime requirement is applied. Lime corrects soil pH, grows more grass and improves how the soil uses Nitrogen & Phosphorus […]
18 June 2021
Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Newsletter: Issue 1 – June 2021
Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Newsletter: Issue 1 – June 2021 The first issue of the Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Programme e-Newsletter has an update on Pat Collin’s farm, Castlemartyr, Co. Cork; Best Practice in Dosing; Key management tasks; Calf purchases and purchase price. The Green Acres Calf to […]
17 June 2021