Videos
- Sourcing and selecting dairy beef calves
- Non feed factors that affect animal performance
- Concentrates required with quality silages
- Understanding the Commercial Beef Value (CBV)
Sourcing and selecting dairy beef calves
Non feed factors that affect animal performance
When housing cattle for the winter, it is easy forget the importance that non-feed factors will have on the performance of their cattle over the duration of the housing period.
Here our DairyBeef 500 programme advisor, Gordon Peppard, reminds farmers of some of the key non-feed factors that will influence how their cattle perform during winter. Overstocking cattle pens during the winter has been shown to reduce live weight gain by up to 20%, which will naturally result in a longer finishing time and a more expensive finishing period.
Concentrates required with quality silages
Understanding the Commercial Beef Value (CBV)
Alan Dillon Dairy Beef 500 Campaign Manager talks us through the Commercial Beef Value (CBV) tool. A new tool to assist farmers in selecting animals for beef production. The CBV is a tool for non-breeding beef farmers. It gives an insight into an animal’s genetic merit for beef production based on its parentage. IT was launched by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) in late 2021.
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How much meal should I feed cattle this winter?
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Impact of silage quality on dairy calf-to-beef
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Winter Beef Series: Achieving target weight gains
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The Potential from Beef Sires
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Advantages of a mixed grazing system on Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef farm
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Meet Jarlath Ruane, Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Farmer
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Meet Martin Connolly, Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Farmer
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Achieving better weight gain - Martin Connolly - Teagasc Green Acres Farmer Participant
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Dairy Beef Index (DBI)
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Questions for the panel...at the Teagasc Virtual Beef Week