Beef
Rumen and methane – Research Update
Rumen and methane – Research Update Paul Smith, Sinéad Waters and David Kenny of Teagasc Grange and Alan Kelly (UCD) report on the rumen microbiome and low methane- emitting beef cattle. Enteric methane originating as a by-product of the microbial fermentation of feed in the rumen accounts for nearly 60% of Irish […]
14 March 2023
Hitting your grass targets
Hitting your grass targets Pearse Kelly, Head of Drystock, tells us how we can hit our grass targets in this months Teagasc Beef newsletter. Both weather and ground conditions have been excellent across the country in recent weeks. Air and soil temperatures have been well above normal, and rainfall levels have been […]
12 March 2023
A family affair in Kildalton College suckler herd
A family affair in Kildalton College suckler herd Visitors to the Teagasc stand at the National Ploughing Championships back in September may have met our special bovine guests. As part of the beef display at the event, which focused on calving heifers at 24 months, a suckler cow and two of her […]
10 March 2023
How to prevent and treat calf diseases
0 How to prevent and treat calf diseases Martin Kavanagh, Vet and Business Development Manager with Muster Bovine, joins Catherine Egan on this week’s episode of the Beef Edge podcast to discuss how to prevent and treat calf diseases. Martin discusses prevention and treatment of calf scours. Pneumonia is highly dependent on the […]
8 March 2023
Why test colostrum on suckler farms?
0 Why test colostrum on suckler farms? From the minute a calf is born it is in life-threatening danger, Martina Harrington, Future Beef Programme Manager, explains why. Unlike in humans and many other animals, the structure of the placenta in ruminants does not allow antibodies to transfer from the cow to the calf […]
8 March 2023
Implementing the correct steps for dairy-beef success
0 Implementing the correct steps for dairy-beef success With dairy beef calves arriving on beef farms at the moment, purchasing from reliable suppliers and ensuring to purchase calves that are good weight for age is crucial to limiting calf mortality and morbidity. John Kilboyle, B&T Drystock Advisor, Teagasc, Galway/Clare, outlines more. The profitability […]
7 March 2023
Watch: Achieving compact calving with Future Beef Farmer Shane Keaveney
0 Watch: Achieving compact calving with Future Beef Farmer Shane Keaveney Shane Keaveney farms full time, with help from his wife Gráinne and three children, in Ballinlough, Co. Roscommon. He took over the farm in 2014 with five Saler in-calf heifers and has since grown the suckler herd to 37. The farm is […]
6 March 2023
Prevention is always better than cure for John Barry, Future Beef Farmer
0 Prevention is always better than cure for John Barry, Future Beef Farmer Vaccinations are a crucial part of John Barry’s herd health plan. John is currently in the middle of the calving season, so the prevention of respiratory disease in the spring-born calves is the main focus. John vaccinates all spring-born calves […]
5 March 2023
Ger McSweeney – Make hay while the sun shines
0 Ger McSweeney – Make hay while the sun shines 17 yearling heifers were turned out to grass on 1st February this year, a record on Gers farm. They started grazing paddocks with lower covers beside the farmyard, this allowed them to settle and not walk grass into the ground and it also […]
3 March 2023
Watch: Housing for a part-time organic cattle enterprise
Watch: Housing for a part-time organic cattle enterprise Fergus Hanly farms 30ha of free-draining land on the banks of the river Deel, just before it flows into the Shannon Estuary. He outlined his farming system and the adaptions he made to his housing as part of a recent Let’s Talk Organics webinar. […]
27 February 2023