Beef
Expressions of interest welcomed for dairy-beef course
Expressions of interest welcomed for dairy-beef course Are you interested in commencing a dairy calf to beef enterprise or seeking skills and advice to make improvements to your existing enterprise? Fergal Maguire, Advisor on the Teagasc DairyBeef 500 Campaign, writes on an Advanced Dairy Calf to Beef Course, due to commence in […]
23 October 2024
Maximise weanling performance at housing
Maximise weanling performance at housing Martina Harrington, Manager of the Teagasc Future Beef Programme, provides guidance on preparing weanlings for housing by focusing on disease prevention and minimising stress. Pre-housing dose: dose weanlings four weeks pre housing to ensure their lungs are healed from any infection when housed. Use a product with […]
19 October 2024
International Dairy Calf to Beef Conference
International Dairy Calf to Beef Conference An International Dairy Calf to Beef Conference, organised by Teagasc in partnership with ABP and BSAS, is taking place in Co. Wexford. Speaking at the two day event, Professor Pat Dillon, Director of Research in Teagasc said: “This international dairy-beef conference is timely as it discusses […]
17 October 2024
250,000 fewer suckler cows since June 2015
250,000 fewer suckler cows since June 2015 The number of suckler cows present on Irish farms in June 2024 declined by over 250,000 head when compared to the same period in June 2015, provisional figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) have shown. Over the 10 years encompassing June 2015 to […]
17 October 2024
Can straw help to buffer tight silage supplies this winter?
Can straw help to buffer tight silage supplies this winter? It has been a difficult year on grass growth and therefore silage supplies are tight on some farms. Could straw fill some of the gap this winter? Martina Harrington tells us more. Yes, is the answer, but there are several issues around […]
16 October 2024
Comparing dairy beef farming in New Zealand and Ireland
Comparing dairy beef farming in New Zealand and Ireland Bob Thomson, a New Zealand Farm Consultant specialising in sheep and beef, joins Catherine Egan on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss some of his insights into dairy beef in Ireland compared to New Zealand. Over the past 50 years, Bob has […]
16 October 2024
Have you weighed for SCEP?
Have you weighed for SCEP? The Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) has a number of key requirements, one of which is the weighing of cow and calf pairs on your farm. As part of the programme, participants must weigh at least 80% of eligible animals born on the holding of the yearly […]
15 October 2024
Making CBV data more accessible
Making CBV data more accessible Since its launch, the Commercial Beef Value (CBV) has grown in importance as a tool to allow the purchasers of beef animals – whether they are calves destined for a dairy-beef system or continental weanlings or stores destined entering a finishing system – to make more informed […]
14 October 2024
Teagasc National Farm Survey 2023 – Cattle Finishing Enterprise Factsheet
Teagasc National Farm Survey 2023 – Cattle Finishing Enterprise Factsheet The Agricultural Economics and Farm Surveys Department at Teagasc has recently released a Cattle Finishing Enterprise Factsheet for 2023, which analysed farm financial data, and variability in farm financial and technical performance as witnessed in the 2023 National Farm Survey. Background The […]
13 October 2024
National Farm Survey 2023 – Single Suckling Enterprise Factsheet
National Farm Survey 2023 – Single Suckling Enterprise Factsheet The National Farm Survey 2023 Single Suckling Enterprise Factsheet provides analysis of single suckling enterprises across Ireland, focusing on financial performance, production variations, and emerging trends within the sector. Financial Performance in 2023 The average gross output in 2023 was €1,171 per hectare […]
11 October 2024