DairyBeef 500 Farmers
Ciaran Bartley
Ciaran Bartley from Boher Co. Limerick has a 74ha – some of which is heavy. He has a dairy calf to beef enterprise - Friesian steers (22 - 24 months). He will be focusing on improving silage quality. His local Teagasc advisor is Aileen Walsh. Click here to view full profile.
Irvine Allen
Irvine purchased his first batch of dairy calves in 2012. He now runs a 20 - 24 month Aberdeen Angus/Hereford heifer and steer beef system. He is from Moate, Co Westmeath and farms 58ha. To improve cash flow he plans to put a system in place to have 10 - 12 cattle fit for slaughter every month. His local Teagasc advisor is John Kelly. Click here to view full profile.
Jarleth Ruane
Jarleth from Corbally, Claremorris, Co. Mayo currently farms 25ha with his father Austin. They both work full time off farm and currently run a 20 - 24 month steer system. They are considering increasing calf numbers and reducing the amount of store cattle being bought. Geraldine Hynes is his local Teagasc advisor. Click here to view full profile.
JP Hammersley
Farming in Lattin, Co. Tipperary, JP Hammersley runs a system where British Friesian bull calves are brought to beef as steers at 26-30 months. He is farming 35ha and with full-time work commitments he is aiming to run the farm as efficiently as possible in terms of the labour required for day-to-day operations. Joe Hand is his local Teagasc Advisor. Click here for full profile.
Martin Connolly
Martin is from Milltown, Castleplunket, Co. Roscommon. he has been rearing dairy bred calves bringing them to beef for as long as he can remember. He runs a 21 - 22 month Friesian bull beef system on 60ha with 22ha being owned and 38ha leased. There is the home block and five outer blocks, however they are all within 2 miles of each other. Gerry Cregg his his local Teagasc advisor. Click here for full profile.
Pat Collins
Located just outside Castlemartyr, Co. Cork, Pat Collins operates a mixed farming system, consisting of 28ha of leased grassland and a 36ha tillage enterprise. His current livestock system is calf to bull beef and calf to store. Ruth Fennell is his local Teagasc advisor. Click here for full profile.
Peter Byrne
Peter is farming 70ha of dry land on the Kildare/Carlow border. His current system is 19 - 24 month heifer and steer beef. He is involved in a local farmers market selling his own beef and lamb. With the market doing well Peter decided to sell his sheep and purchased extra dairy calves. His local Teagasc advisor is Christy Watson. Click here for full profile.
Aidan Maguire
Aidan is currently farming 46ha of grassland and 14ha of forestry outside Navan, Co. Meath. The farm is in two blocks with 40ha owned and 20ha leased. Previous to rearing dairy calves, Aidan operated a tillage enterprise along with keeping a group of suckler cows. Almost 20 years ago he decided to cut back on cow numbers, quit the tillage and start to operate a dairy calf to beef enterprise. His local Teagasc advisor is Donal McCabe Click here for full profile.
Peter O'Hanrahan
Having transitioned from a suckler enterprise to calf to beef production a number of years ago, Peter O’Hanrahan – who farms in partnership with his father Tom – has built numbers to increase output over recent years. From Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny the farm is 94ha with friesian steers and early-maturing steers and heifers. Enda McLoughlin is his local Teagasc advisor. Click here for full profile.
Richard Long
Richard Long farms 57ha in Ballymacarbry, Co. Waterford, where he brings early maturing and continental calves out of the dairy herd to beef as steers and heifers at 20-24 months. In the region of 100 calves are purchased each year and the breeds consist of Angus, Hereford, Limousin, Belgian Blue and Charolais. Austin Flavin is his local Teagasc advicor. Click here for full profile.
Shane Cranny
A recent graduate of the Teagasc Green Cert Programme, Shane Cranny operates a dairy calf to beef operation on 31ha in Myshall, Co. Carlow. Winter housing is a limiting factor for him and to enable him transition to a calf to beef system this will be addressed over the duration of the programme. Eoin Woulfe is his local Teagasc advisor. Click here for full profile.