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Now is a good time to assess your cash flow
Now is a good time to assess your cash flow Hopefully the bad weather of spring 2024 is behind us and we will move into more favourable weather for the remainder of the year. Now is a good time to take stock of where the farm sits and the cash position of […]
29 April 2024
DairyBeef 500 Ambassador shares 2024 beef breeding plan
DairyBeef 500 Ambassador shares 2024 beef breeding plan On this week’s episode of the Dairy Edge, Stuart Childs is joined by David Gannon, Aurivo Joint Programme Monitor Farmer and DairyBeef 500 Ambassador, and John McCabe, Monitor Farm advisor with the Aurivo Joint Programme, to discuss the beef breeding plan for David’s farm […]
29 April 2024
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