Beef
Reducing the age at first calving for suckler heifers – a key profit driver for beef farms
0 Reducing the age at first calving for suckler heifers – a key profit driver for beef farms Dr Colin Byrne, Beef Researcher, Teagasc Grange, spoke about reducing the age at first calving for suckler heifers and its impact on profit at the National Beef Conference 2022. Nationally, only 24% of beef heifers […]
4 January 2023
Drystock advisor Christy Watson on the changes & challenges over the four decades of his career
0 Drystock advisor Christy Watson on the changes & challenges over the four decades of his career In the final episode of the Beef Edge podcast for 2022, Catherine Egan is joined by Teagasc Drystock advisor Christy Watson, who is based in Naas, Co. Kildare. As Christy retires this year, he gives his […]
4 January 2023
Abattoir lesions in cattle are associated with an increased age at slaughter
0 Abattoir lesions in cattle are associated with an increased age at slaughter Dr Natascha Meunier, Programme Manager Beef HealthCheck, Animal Health Ireland spoke about how abattoir lesions in cattle are associated with an increased age at slaughter at the National Beef Conference 2022. Disease in farm animals has a significant economic impact […]
3 January 2023
Assessing the potential to improve key profit drivers on beef farms
0 Assessing the potential to improve key profit drivers on beef farms Dr Paul Crosson, Beef Enterprise Leader, Teagasc Grange, spoke about assessing the potential to improve key profit drivers on beef farms at the National Beef Conference 2022. Beef cattle in Ireland are predominantly from spring-calving suckler beef and dairy herds where […]
2 January 2023
Sustainable and Profitable Beef – The Key Drivers
Sustainable and Profitable Beef – The Key Drivers The Teagasc National Beef Conference 2022 took place at the shearwater hotel Ballinasloe amidst freezing conditions experienced earlier in mid-December 2022. “Profitable Pathways to Sustainable Beef Farming” was the theme of the conference set against the increasing challenges posed by increasing input prices and […]
30 December 2022
The National Beef Conference Panel Discussion
The National Beef Conference Panel Discussion This week’s episode of the Beef Edge podcast is a recording of the Teagasc National Beef Conference panel discussion titled ‘Delivering sustainability at farm level’ which took place on the 13th December in the Shearwater hotel, Ballinasloe. It was Facilitated by Matt O’Keeffe, from the Irish […]
21 December 2022
Maximising weight gain over the winter period with Aonghusa Fahy
Maximising weight gain over the winter period with Aonghusa Fahy Aonghusa farms with his wife Olivia and two children in Tullira, just outside Ardrahan, Co. Galway. He is part-time farming and working full-time off farm as a secondary school teacher, teaching construction, DGC and agricultural science. The farm is divided with 22ha […]
21 December 2022
National Beef Conference 2022
National Beef Conference 2022 “Profitable Pathways to Sustainable Beef Farming” – Conference Proceedings Download Publication (PDF) Irish beef farmers have consistently shown that they can adapt to the many new challenges and opportunities that they have had to face over the years. The last 12 months have been particularly challenging with significant increases in […]
16 December 2022
Profitable Pathways to Sustainable Beef farming
Profitable Pathways to Sustainable Beef farming The theme of this year’s Teagasc National Beef Conference was “Profitable Pathways to Sustainable Beef Farming. It took place on Tuesday, 13 December in the Shearwater Hotel in Ballinasloe, County Galway. The opening address was delivered by the Teagasc Director, Professor Frank O’Mara. He said; “Irish […]
14 December 2022
ACRES Update
ACRES Update Teagasc Environment specialist, Catherine Keena, joins Catherine Egan on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to give an update on the new Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme also known as ACRES. This new €1.5 billion flagship agri-environment scheme closed last week for applications of which there were 47,000 applications. There were 27,000 […]
14 December 2022