Beef
Staying SCEP compliant to maximise your payments
Staying SCEP compliant to maximise your payments As the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) progresses, Manager of the Future Beef Programme at Teagasc, Martina Harrington reminds participating farmers on the key obligations for 2024 and 2025. SCEP is designed to promote sustainable and efficient farming practices for beef farmers in Ireland. As […]
18 September 2024
Scottish farmer Graham Lofthouse on his mixed farming system
Scottish farmer Graham Lofthouse on his mixed farming system Scottish beef and sheep farmer, Graham Lofthouse of Bankhouse Farm is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss his mixed farming system. The farm is located 30km south of Edinburgh and is 200-300m above sea level. The average rainfall is around 1,000mm. […]
18 September 2024
Finishing Holstein Friesian dairy-beef steers
Finishing Holstein Friesian dairy-beef steers Decision time is fast approaching for dairy-beef farmers to select the most appropriate finishing strategy for the Holstein Friesian steers on their farms. Below, the DairyBeef 500 team and researchers in Teagasc Grange look at the most efficient strategies for finishing Holstein Friesian steers, providing information on […]
15 September 2024
Options to deal with fodder deficits
Options to deal with fodder deficits Have you completed a winter fodder budget? With the winter housing period fast approaching, the Teagasc DairyBeef 500 team has some key advice on dealing with fodder deficits if there’s the potential for one to arise on your farm. Following a wet spring and prolonged winter […]
11 September 2024
Future Beef farmer, Aonghusa Fahy on his farm system and management at weaning
Future Beef farmer, Aonghusa Fahy on his farm system and management at weaning Galway Future Beef farmer, Aonghusa Fahy features on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to give an update on his farm system and management at weaning. Even though the weather has been challenging, the weanlings have still performed well, Aonghusa […]
11 September 2024
The key drivers of weight gain on Aidan Maguire’s farm
The key drivers of weight gain on Aidan Maguire’s farm Looking back at the recent DairyBeef 500 farm walk held on the farm on Aidan Maguire, Advisor on the DairyBeef 500 Campaign, Gordon Peppard tells us how cattle weight gain is maximised on the farm in Navan, Co. Meath. On September 5, […]
11 September 2024
Autumn finishing – to feed at grass or not?
Autumn finishing – to feed at grass or not? Martina Harrington, Manager of the Future Beef Programme, looks at the key variables farmers have to consider when opting to feed cattle at grass this autumn in order to have animals finished prior to housing. A difficult year, leading to mixed cattle performance, […]
10 September 2024
Farmers’ and vets’ opinions sought on animal health disease and biosecurity for European study
Farmers’ and vets’ opinions sought on animal health disease and biosecurity for European study Farmers and veterinarians in Ireland are being asked to add their voices to a cross-European exercise to find out what animal diseases are of most concern to the agricultural community. The BioSecure project, funded by the European Commission, […]
10 September 2024
Monthly Grass10 Update including grassland management tips for September
0 Monthly Grass10 Update including grassland management tips for September It was a very challenging August this year and for the monthly Grass10 update, Niamh Doyle discusses how farmers have fed silage out over the past few weeks. Calves have been creep grazed in front of cows to break the bond and concentrates […]
7 September 2024
Sustainable practices on Kay O’Sullivan’s beef farm in Co. Cork
0 Sustainable practices on Kay O’Sullivan’s beef farm in Co. Cork Kay O’Sullivan’s beef farm is making strides in pollinator support, maintaining animal health, and managing nutrition to ensure a successful transition into the winter months. Biodiversity Kay is farming 52ha of grassland in Mourneabbey, Mallow, Co. Cork. She operates an organic suckler […]
7 September 2024