Beef
Preparation and Planning – Calving Checklist
0 Preparation and Planning – Calving Checklist For spring calving suckler herds the start of a new year should prompt us to think about preparing for the 2022 calf crop. A little bit of preparation and planning at this stage could leave things running a lot smoother when calving begins. Beef Specialist Aidan […]
5 January 2022
The complicated story of fluke – Part 2
The complicated story of fluke – Part 2 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 second of a two part series discusses liver fluke. Martina explains the treatment of […]
22 December 2021
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
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
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
Are you supplementing your weanlings correctly?
Are you supplementing your weanlings correctly? A number of on-farm weighing studies over the years have shown that weanlings often underperform over the winter feeding months. There are a number of factors which will affect this performance. Martina Harrington, Teagasc Cattle Specialist has some advice on supplementing weanlings. A number of on-farm […]
24 November 2021
Earlier Finishing in Practice
Earlier Finishing in Practice Climate commitments through the Climate Action Plan are set to have a fundamental policy impact on beef production over the coming decades. Colm Kelly, Drystock Advisor, Teagasc Ballinasloe answers common questions about finishing cattle earlier and the challenges he has encountered. Above Image: Results of individual bullock bred […]
22 November 2021
Fluke Control – Product Choice and Timing Critical
Fluke Control – Product Choice and Timing Critical As we move into the winter months and cattle come into the shed apart from the obvious hike ration costs our thoughts should turn to Fluke control. Aidan Murray, Teagasc Beef Specialist has more guidance on choosing the right product to use at the […]
17 November 2021