Beef
Fluke: Why is it such a problem this year?
0 Fluke: Why is it such a problem this year? Dr. Natascha Meunier, Beef HealthCheck Programme Manager, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss how to control liver fluke effectively and understand it better. Liver fluke is estimated to cost at least €90m to the Irish industry through reduced production, and […]
4 December 2024
Breeding for a good score
Breeding for a good score Sarah Burke, Edward O’Riordan, Paul Crosson and Mark Mcgee of the Teagasc Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Grange, Co. Meath, report on exploiting genetic divergence for carcass fat score. Irish suckler cattle are mostly from breeds that take longer to mature. It’s harder for these […]
30 November 2024
Winter beef finishing – will it pay off this year?
Winter beef finishing – will it pay off this year? Alan Dillon, Manager of the DairyBeef 500 Campaign, takes a closer look at beef markets and examines the prospects for winter finishing. The question of will it pay to put cattle in a shed and feed them expensive concentrates and silage is […]
28 November 2024
Listen: Practical nutrient management solutions for your farm
Listen: Practical nutrient management solutions for your farm Dr. Patrick Forrestal, a Research Officer in Teagasc Johnstown Castle, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss the practical nutrient management solutions that beef farmers can implement on their farms to increase efficiency, reduce costs and address environmental pressures facing the sector. […]
27 November 2024
Beef cattle finishing age reductions have stalled
Beef cattle finishing age reductions have stalled Supported by strong evidence, reducing the average age of finish for beef cattle is an essential element for Irish agriculture to meet its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. Worryingly, however, much of the progress that had been made in previous years stalled in 2023. Addressing […]
27 November 2024
Lowering emissions without hampering profitability
Lowering emissions without hampering profitability Farmers enrolled in the Future Beef Programme – Teagasc’s flagship suckler demonstration farm programme – have achieved significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions without impacting on farm profitability. As part of the Teagasc National Beef Conference, held on November 18, Manager of the Future Beef Programme, Martina […]
26 November 2024
Bluetongue: What are the risks for Irish cattle farmers and what can we do about it?
Bluetongue: What are the risks for Irish cattle farmers and what can we do about it? At the recent National Beef Conference, Dr. Eoin Ryan, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) presented on ‘Bluetongue: What are the risks for Irish cattle farmers and what can we do about it?’ Bluetongue […]
25 November 2024
Technology can make earlier detection of pneumonia possible
Technology can make earlier detection of pneumonia possible Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a significant health problem of Irish suckler weanlings, resulting in morbidity, production losses and mortality in severe cases. At the Teagasc National Beef Conference on November 19, Dr. John Donlon, Research Officer in Beef Herd Health at Teagasc Grange, […]
24 November 2024
Lime – an old but gold technology
Lime – an old but gold technology Although one of the older technologies available, the correction of soil pH through the application of lime to acidic soils still remains a practical nutrient management solution and is the foundation for addressing soil fertility challenges on Irish farms. That’s according to Dr. Patrick Forrestal, […]
23 November 2024
Drafting underway at Newford
Drafting underway at Newford Providing an update from the Newford Farm, Michael Fagan examines the performance of the 26 heifers and eight steers drafted off the farm since November 1. Heifer performance From a live weight of 595kg, the heifers achieved a kill-out percentage of 51% and produced an average carcass weight […]
22 November 2024