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 developed a wealth of experience working in extension, consultancy and project management.

He explains what he learned from visits to the DairyBeef 500 farms around the country this week, and he describes the dairy beef industry in New Zealand, as well as the opportunities that he thinks could be implemented on Irish beef  farms.

Bob is also involved in a highly successful monitor farm programme in New Zealand and he highlights the impact it has had.

Listen in below:

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