Beef
Course Prospectus 2025
Course Prospectus 2025 Type Booklet Teagasc is the primary provider of accredited further (vocational) education for the land–based sector. This Prospectus outlines the various course offerings. Download Publication (PDF) Teagasc has a major input into higher education and postgraduate education delivery through its extensive partnership with the higher education sector. Teagasc introduced […]
18 September 2024
Teagasc Beef Budgets 2024/2025
Teagasc Beef Budgets 2024/2025 Type Factsheet Every autumn Teagasc produces a set of financial budgets as a guide to beef farmers who are buying cattle for finishing over the following 18 months. Purchase prices are based on the prevailing market value at the time for weanlings and store cattle. Inputs required for finishing […]
16 September 2024
Today’s Farm – September/October 2024
Today’s Farm – September/October 2024 Type Magazine Download Publication (PDF) Articles ETC pages (PDF) Events (PDF) Fodder Winter Feed 2024 – Act now if supplies are tight (PDF) Beef Give your stock a clean start before winter housing (PDF) Better beef, cleaner water (PDF) Sheep Weighing up store lamb performance (PDF) Machinery […]
11 September 2024
Beef Newsletter – September 2024
Beef Newsletter – September 2024 0 Type Newsletter Download Publication (PDF) In this month’s edition: Beef Welfare Scheme 2024If you are interested in signing up to the Beef Welfare Scheme you have until midnight on September 24 to apply online at agfood.ie. As mentioned in last month’s newsletter, there are two components to […]
6 September 2024
Teagasc National Beef walk to be hosted in Roscommon
Teagasc National Beef walk to be hosted in Roscommon 0 Type Media Article By Catherine Egan, Beef Specialist, Teagasc On Wednesday, 11th September at 6pm Shane & Grainne Keaveney, Ballybane, Ballinlough, Co. Roscommon, F45 W599 will host a National Future Beef farm walk. Shane farms with his wife Gráinne and 3 children and operates a suckling […]
4 September 2024
Beef Welfare Scheme open for applications
Beef Welfare Scheme open for applications Type Media Article Enda Maloney, Drystock Advisor, Teagasc Westport Over the next few weeks suckler farmers will be turning their attention towards the preparation of calves for weaning. Weaning can be a stressful time for calves as they experience big changes in both their environment and […]
14 August 2024
Beef Newsletter – August 2024
Beef Newsletter – August 2024 0 Type Newsletter Download Publication (PDF) In this month’s edition: Suckler Beef Welfare SchemeThe Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, has announced that a new beef scheme with a budget of €20m will open for applications in early August. The 2024 Beef Welfare Scheme […]
8 August 2024
August Grass Management
August Grass Management 0 Type Media Article By Mícheál Kelly, B&T Drystock Adviser, Teagasc Galway/Clare Grass growth has been sporadic throughout 2024 but there seems to be an improved situation over the last few weeks. Many factors have been at play here including lower temperatures throughout the summer where we saw temperatures getting […]
2 August 2024
Lameness – What impact is it having on your flock?
Lameness – What impact is it having on your flock? Type Media Article Patricia Lynch, Drystock Advisor, Teagasc Ballinrobe Lame sheep are costly residents to have on any farm not only due to the cost of treatment and control but most significantly the cost associated with the loss in production. A welfare […]
31 July 2024
Teagasc National Farm Survey 2023
Teagasc National Farm Survey 2023 Type Report In this Final Report for 2023, the survey sample is representative of a population of 84,929 farms in Ireland. It was compiled by Emma Dillon, Trevor Donnellan, Brian Moran and John Lennon, Agricultural Economics and Farm Surveys Department, Teagasc, Athenry, Co Galway. Download Publication (PDF) […]
23 July 2024