Beef
Beef Newsletter – April 2021
Beef Newsletter – April 2021 0 Type Newsletter View newsletter here: Beef Newsletter – April 2021 (PDF) In this month’s edition: BEEP-SEarn €80-€90 per cow/calf pair. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) announced a new Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme (BEEP) scheme for suckler farmers (BEEP-S) last month. ApplicationsApplications are open until 23:59 […]
1 April 2021
Environment Newsletter – April 2021
Environment Newsletter – April 2021 0 Type Newsletter View newsletter here: Environment Newsletter – April 2021 (PDF) In this edition: Dates for your diaryFrom April 1: Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS) fields for geese and swans can be grazed and machinery can be used with no restrictions, as the birds have returned to Iceland and […]
1 April 2021
Research Insights Webinar – Increasing the value of beef from the dairy herd
Research Insights Webinar – Increasing the value of beef from the dairy herd Type Event Proceeding On a recent Teagasc Research Insights webinar which took place on Wednesday, 31 March, Donagh Berry – Teagasc Researcher & Director of VistaMilk SFI Research Centre was joined by Alan Twomey; Nicky Byrne & Padraig French […]
31 March 2021
Contract Calf and Weanling Rearing Agreement
Contract Calf and Weanling Rearing Agreement Type Booklet Contract Calf and Weanling Rearing Agreement (Minimum>10 days of age to agreed end date) – This agreement covers two different rearing periods: 1. Calf arrival (greater than 10 days) to weaning; & 2. Weaning to an agreed end date). Final Version – 12.03.2021. Download […]
12 March 2021
Contract Calf Rearing Agreement
Contract Calf Rearing Agreement Type Booklet Specimen Agreement for Contract Calf Rearing (Minimum >10 days of age to weaning) – Final Version 12.03.2021. Download Publication (PDF) Guide to this Specimen Agreement This specimen document provides that a Contract Rearer agrees with the Animal Owner to rear the calves on lands and facilities […]
12 March 2021
Perspectives on carcass pricing for the Irish beef sector
Perspectives on carcass pricing for the Irish beef sector Type Event Proceeding Presentation by Paul Crosson and Laurence Shalloo, Teagasc at a Beef TaskForce meeting which took place on Tuesday, 9th March 2021. Download Publication (PDF) Presentation outline Review of current pricing model Review of meat processing technologies Overview of ‘cuts-based’ pricing […]
11 March 2021
Beef Newsletter – March 2021
Beef Newsletter – March 2021 Type Newsletter Download Publication (PDF) In this month’s edition: Grass10 – getting out to grassTeagasc research shows that every day at grass in the springtime is worth €2 per livestock unit. The goal of spring grazing is to get cattle to grass as many days as possible […]
10 March 2021
Planning your Spring Grazing with PastureBase Ireland
Planning your Spring Grazing with PastureBase Ireland 0 Type Event Proceeding Are you looking to graze more in March? On this webinar which took place on Wednesday, 3rd March, John Douglas & Joseph Dunphy, Teagasc Grass10 and Micheal O’Leary, PastureBase Ireland go through how you can use PastureBase Ireland to plan your spring […]
9 March 2021
Today’s Farm March/April 2021
Today’s Farm March/April 2021 0 Type Magazine Q and A with new Teagasc Head of Knowledge Transfer Stan Lalor Download Publication (PDF) Articles: Upcoming Events (PDF) Q and A with new Teagasc Head of Knowledge Transfer (PDF) Dairying – The best system of milk production (PDF) Dairying – Managing late calvers (PDF) Beef – The BVD Eradication […]
5 March 2021
Disbudding
Disbudding 0 Type Factsheet Disbudding Factsheet By definition, disbudding is the removal of an area of skin including the horn bud in a young calf prior to solid attachment of the horn bud to the skull. Disbudding is performed for economic and practical reasons: to prevent bullying and injury to other animals (with […]
2 March 2021