FutureBeef Webinar: A live calf at calving: A step by step guide to calving your cow and keeping that calf alive
20 Jan 2026Venue Online
Strong calf performance and farm profitability start well before calving. Getting nutrition, minerals, vaccination and calving management right has a major impact on calf survival, cow health and labour efficiency on suckler beef farms.
Teagasc Future Beef team are hosting a two part webinar series ‘A Guide to a Successful Calving Season’ designed specifically for suckler beef farmers, combining the latest research with practical on-farm experience to help reduce calf losses and improve performance in the coming calving season.
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Join us online on Tuesday, 20th January at 8pm for the second webinar in the series which focuses on ‘A live calf at calving: A step by step guide to calving your cow and keeping that calf alive’.
What will be discussed?
This session will concentrate on best practice at calving time and the critical first hours and days of a calf’s life – when most losses occur.
Topics include:
- Calving the suckler cow – recognising normal calving, managing difficult calvings and knowing when to intervene
- Newborn calf management – colostrum management, hygiene, housing and early disease prevention
Speakers
- John Donlon, Veterinary Practitioner
- Wesley Browne, Future Beef Farmer