Beef
Listen: Billy Gilmore’s farming system
Listen: Billy Gilmore’s farming system Billy Gilmore, Grass10 Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year Drystock Category Winner, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss his farming system and grassland management on his farm. Billy, along with his wife Anne, operates a contract heifer rearing system, rearing over 200 heifers a […]
21 August 2024
Making the most of weight recording in SCEP
Making the most of weight recording in SCEP Aidan Murray, Beef Specialist at Teagasc, looks at the weighing actions farmers enrolled in the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) must take and, once completed, how to make the most of the valuable information generated. In SCEP, participants must weigh at least 80% of […]
21 August 2024
Use the Beef Welfare Scheme to limit stress at weaning
Use the Beef Welfare Scheme to limit stress at weaning Over the next few weeks, suckler farmers will be turning their attention towards the preparation of calves for weaning. Enda Maloney, Drystock Advisor in Teagasc Westport, tells us how the recently launched 2024 Beef Welfare Scheme can ease the stress on weanlings […]
19 August 2024
Finishing underway at Tipperary Dairy Calf to Beef Demonstration Farm
Finishing underway at Tipperary Dairy Calf to Beef Demonstration Farm With an ambition of producing in-spec steer and heifer beef originating from the dairy herd under a grass-based system, finishing of 2023-born animals has commenced on the Tipperary Dairy Calf to Beef Demonstration Farm. In a recent farm update, Technician to the […]
18 August 2024
August management tips on beef farms
August management tips on beef farms As we move towards autumn, there are a number of tasks that need to be completed before the winter housing period, Catherine Egan, Teagasc Beef Specialist, shares five key tips. 1). Scanning of suckler cows Bulls should have been removed from most spring-calving herds by mid-July, […]
18 August 2024
200 farmers wanted for earlier finishing research project
200 farmers wanted for earlier finishing research project Over 200 beef farmers will have the opportunity to partake in the recently launched Beef-Quest research project. Along with identifying the barriers to achieving an earlier age of finish for beef cattle nationally, participating farmers can avail of a range of benefits. These benefits […]
16 August 2024
Autumn calving delivering results on a west Cork suckler farm
Autumn calving delivering results on a west Cork suckler farm The Kingston family switched from a spring to mainly autumn calving system seven years ago and say they haven’t looked back since, Aisling Molly, Future Beef Programme Advisor, tells us more of their journey. William Kingston farms with his wife Diana and […]
15 August 2024
All you need to know about the Beef Welfare Scheme
All you need to know about the Beef Welfare Scheme Margaret Brennan, Assistant Principal Officer for Beef Schemes with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, discusses and explains the 2024 Beef Welfare Scheme on this week’s Beef Edge podcast. The 2024 Beef Welfare Scheme (BWS) will support farmers in meal […]
14 August 2024
Future Beef Update: Breeding, feeding and harvesting red clover
Future Beef Update: Breeding, feeding and harvesting red clover Aisling Molloy, Future Beef Programme Advisor, fills us in on the latest happenings from James Skehan’s farm in Co. Clare, where the focus has centred ending the breeding season, harvesting red clover silage and animal nutrition. Breeding 20 cows and 6 heifers were […]
14 August 2024
Too few paddocks per grazing group on drystock farms
Too few paddocks per grazing group on drystock farms Improving grazing infrastructure – paddock system, roadways and water provision – on beef farms allows for better control of grass, increased grass growth, improved grazing utilisation, a longer grazing season and may help to increase clover content. This is very obvious during poor […]
13 August 2024