Beef
Be vigilant of lungworm
Be vigilant of lungworm After a sustained dry period, recent rainfall may have created the perfect conditions for lungworm to develop. One of the most important respiratory diseases of cattle in Ireland and caused by Dictyocaulus viviparous, humid conditions following rainfall create the perfect conditions for lungworm to multiply. With most of […]
26 June 2023
John Pringle Farm Update – Grassland, Clover, Breeding & Performance
John Pringle Farm Update – Grassland, Clover, Breeding & Performance John farms with his wife Linda, daughter Lucy and sons William and Scott. He works full-time on the farm in Kilacloran, Aughrim, Co. Wicklow. Here he gives us his farm update for May and June. Grassland management 35 acres of silage has […]
26 June 2023
DairyBeef 500 walks commence next week
DairyBeef 500 walks commence next week Aiming to promote and demonstrate dairy-beef systems, which are socially, environmentally and financially sustainable, the DairyBeef 500 Campaign will host a series of farm walks this year. Launched this day last year, the campaign is led by Teagasc and will promote the adoption of best practice […]
23 June 2023
Strategies for grassland management in the coming weeks
Strategies for grassland management in the coming weeks DairyBeef 500 Manager, Alan Dillon joins Catherine Egan on this week’s episode of the Beef Edge podcast. Providing an update on how farmers in the campaign are recovering from drought conditions, he outlines the steps they will take in terms of grassland management over […]
21 June 2023
Red clover: Availing of the benefits on beef farms
Red clover: Availing of the benefits on beef farms As chemical fertiliser prices reached new highs last year, many beef farmers looked at ways of reducing the amount of fertiliser that they applied on their farms. In this article, DairyBeef 500 Advisor Fergal Maguire highlights the benefits of red clover. Since early […]
21 June 2023
Research update: Forage or concentrate?
Research update: Forage or concentrate? Researchers from Teagasc Grange Research Centre report on the effect of forage or concentrate beef production systems on farm profit, carbon footprint, land use and meat nutritional value. The effect of contrasting suckler weanling-to-beef production systems on steer performance, land use, farm economics and greenhouse gas (GHG) […]
18 June 2023
Early life health of breeding bulls
Early life health of breeding bulls Across both beef and dairy sectors, genomic selection has increased the rate at which we can select young bulls that have superior genetics. High demand from farmers, for these high genetic merit, first-season bulls means that there is a high demand for their semen at a […]
17 June 2023
An update and insights from the ICBF Tully Test Performance Centre
An update and insights from the ICBF Tully Test Performance Centre Niall Kilrane from the ICBF Tully Test Performance Centre, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to give an update from the research centre, which is the national commercial progeny test centre located on the edge of Kildare town. Historically, pedigree […]
14 June 2023
Higher cattle prices boost beef finisher farm incomes in 2022
Higher cattle prices boost beef finisher farm incomes in 2022 Improvements in finished cattle prices had a positive impact on the levels of income generated on ‘cattle other’ farms – typically cattle finishing farms – as reported in the National Farm Survey 2022 report, which was published earlier this week. Representative of […]
14 June 2023
What’s happening at the ICBF Tully Research Centre?
What’s happening at the ICBF Tully Research Centre? The Tully test centre is the national commercial progeny test centre, located at the edge of Kildare town. In this article, Catherine Egan, Teagasc Beef Specialist, outlines the work being carried out there. Historically, pedigree bull breeders used to bring their young bulls to […]
14 June 2023