Beef
The weighing scales doesn’t lie
The weighing scales doesn’t lie Regular animal weighing throughout the year gives the knowledge and power to make informed decisions early. Gordon Peppard, DairyBeef 500 Advisor, tells us more on how to use the information generated through weighing for better decision making. Weighing cattle is an important management tool on all beef […]
10 July 2024
Early August opening for new suckler scheme
0 Early August opening for new suckler scheme A new suckler scheme, with a total budget of €20 million, is on track to open in early August, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., has announced. Based on practical measures to enhance animal health and husbandry on suckler farms, […]
9 July 2024
The cost of feedstuffs on beef farms
0 The cost of feedstuffs on beef farms Visitors to BEEF2024 heard of the ‘Grange Feed Costings Model’, which was used to determine the cost of commonly grown feed crops in March-April 2024. Feedstuffs included grazed grass – with and without white clover – grass and red clover silage, maize and fodder beet. […]
8 July 2024
Breeding, drafting and grassland management with Shane Keaveney, Future Beef Farmer
0 Breeding, drafting and grassland management with Shane Keaveney, Future Beef Farmer June proved to be a particularly busy month for Shane Keaveney, Teagasc Future Beef Programme participant from Co. Roscommon, whose focus centred on breeding, grassland management and drafting bulls for slaughter. Breeding has gone well. The Charolais (CH) bull has been […]
8 July 2024
All roads lead to the Tipperary Dairy Calf to Beef Demonstration Farm
0 All roads lead to the Tipperary Dairy Calf to Beef Demonstration Farm Located in Ballyvadin, Fethard, Co. Tipperary, the Tipperary Dairy Calf to Beef Demonstration Farm aims to demonstrate best practice in breeding, rearing and finishing dairy-beef animals, and will host its first open day on Wednesday, July 10. Established by Teagasc […]
8 July 2024
Watch: A preview of Ken Gill’s Future Beef Programme Farm Walk
0 Watch: A preview of Ken Gill’s Future Beef Programme Farm Walk Participant in the Future Beef Programme and organic suckler farmer, Ken Gill will host a farm walk in Clonbullogue, Edenderry, Co. Offaly. Eircode: R45 HT67, on July 12 at 6:30pm. With more than a decade of experience in organic farming, Ken […]
7 July 2024
Updates from Eamon and Donnchadh McCarthy’s Beef Farm
0 Updates from Eamon and Donnchadh McCarthy’s Beef Farm Eamon and his son Donnchadh are farming in Carrigeen, Glendine, Youghal, Co. Waterford. Both work part-time on the farm. Here they give us an update on their farm focusing on grassland and Breeding. Grassland While Eamon and Donnchadh were delighted to get their first-cut […]
6 July 2024
Dealing with current weather conditions on beef farms
0 Dealing with current weather conditions on beef farms As grass supplies have tightened on many farmers over the last few weeks, Martina Harrington, Manager of the Teagasc Future Beef Programme, shares key tips on building grass covers and fodder budgeting for the winter ahead. Grass Over the last few weeks, grass supplies […]
5 July 2024
Quality, traceability and trust – Supermac’s reasons for buying Irish beef
0 Quality, traceability and trust – Supermac’s reasons for buying Irish beef Since the opening of its first location 46 years ago on the Main Street in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, Supermac’s, the company founded by Pat McDonagh, has grown to be a prominent buyer of Irish beef. Now with over 100 restaurants dotted […]
4 July 2024
Listen: The key messages from the BEEF2024 Dairy Calf-to-Beef Village
0 Listen: The key messages from the BEEF2024 Dairy Calf-to-Beef Village Alan Dillon, Teagasc DairyBeef 500 Manager, joins host Catherine Egan on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to highlight the key messages discussed with farmers who visited the Dairy Calf-to-Beef Village as part of BEEF2024, Teagasc’s National Beef Open Day. Alan outlines the […]
3 July 2024