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Producing quality beef calves to ensure repeat custom
Producing quality beef calves to ensure repeat custom Milking 75 Friesian cows in Pallasgreen, Co. Limerick, Seán Barry is following a dairy-beef breeding programme centred on the use of high Dairy Beef Index sires, with individual bulls selected for heifers, second calvers and mature cows. Seán, who works closely with his father […]
29 April 2024
Breeding for Profitability and Labour
Breeding for Profitability and Labour Trevor Boland based in Dromard in Sligo is a part time farmer, calving 50 suckler cows from July to September. He sells the bull calves at 11-12 months of age and the heifers at 1.5 – 2 years old. Trevor discussed breeding and genetics with Chris Daly […]
29 April 2024
Looking for alternative ways to preserve processed meat products
Looking for alternative ways to preserve processed meat products Processed meats encompass a variety of products, including deli meats, bacon, sausages and other cured meats. Nitrites and nitrates (E 249-252) are typically added to these products because they help preserve the meat by preventing the growth of harmful bacteria like Clostridium botulinum, […]
29 April 2024
Using hormones to suppress ash dieback
Using hormones to suppress ash dieback Winners of the BT Young Scientist Group Project and Teagasc award, Loreto Secondary School Balbriggan students, Abigail and Erica O’Brien Murray and Olivia O’Shea join this episode of the Environment Edge to discuss how we can save the common ash. Joining hosts Cathal Somers and Deirdre […]
28 April 2024
What traits are you breeding for?
What traits are you breeding for? Striving to breed a functional, milky cow, capable of producing a heavy weanling, Wesley Browne discussed the breeding and genetics on his farm with Chris Daly, ICBF, as part of a recent Teagasc Future Beef webinar. Wesley is a full-time farmer, farming 90 spring-calving suckler cows […]
27 April 2024
Stock bull fertility: 10 key considerations
Stock bull fertility: 10 key considerations With four out of every five calves born on beef farms sired by a stock bull, bull fertility is very important, writes Catherine Egan, Teagasc Beef Specialist. The stock bull on your farm is key to maintaining a compact calving period, maximising the genetic potential and […]
27 April 2024
Tips for buying a stock bull
Tips for buying a stock bull The purchasing of a stock bull is a task that requires careful thought. Patricia Lynch, Drystock Advisor, Teagasc Ballinrobe, shares some key things to bear in mind. The purchasing of a stock bull is one that requires some serious thought and consideration. A bull has the […]
27 April 2024
Signpost Series: Management of grassland peats
Signpost Series: Management of grassland peats On this episode of the Signpost Series, Mark Gibson, Head of Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department, was joined by Dr. Patrick Tuohy, Teagasc Moorepark, to discuss the management of grassland peats. A questions and answers session took place at the end of the webinar, which was […]
27 April 2024
3 important things to consider as turnout and breeding meet
3 important things to consider as turnout and breeding meet After a long winter, turnout and the start of breeding have coincided on many suckler farms. Teagasc Beef Specialist, Catherine Egan has some key advice for suckler farmers to maximise the success of the breeding season. Good cow fertility is a key […]
26 April 2024
Should I bulk up silage in the first cut?
Should I bulk up silage in the first cut? After a long winter that exhausted silage stocks on many farms, the temptation is to ‘bulk up’ the first cut of silage. However, this may prove to be a false economy. Teagasc research shows that you are better to take two cuts, starting […]
26 April 2024