Beef
Getting Winter Ready Part 2: Winter Nutrition
James Strain, Nutritionist with Inishowen Co-op, is on this week’s Beef Edge Podcast to discuss winter nutrition.
22 October 2025
LESS and protected urea use on Irish farms
Representative of almost 88,000 dairy, beef, sheep and tillage farms nationally, the recently published suite of National Farm Survey (NFS) enterprise factsheets shed light on the levels of protected urea and Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) use on Irish farms last year.
22 October 2025
Getting your SCEP female replacement strategy right
Beef Specialist at Teagasc, David Argue takes a closer look at the SCEP female replacement strategy targets. Is your herd on track?
22 October 2025
Reach for the measuring tape before housing stock
Shorter days, the clocks due to turn back and last weekend’s heavy rain have reminded farmers that the winter housing period is fast approaching.
21 October 2025
A demonstration of cattle handling facilities
Padraig Glynn fills us in on a Teagasc cattle handling event, which took place recently on the farm of John Flynn and his family in Co. Galway.
17 October 2025
Profit, production and performance – the Dollards’ dairy beef system
A practical and sensible approach to dairy beef in Urlingford, Co. Kilkenny has allowed for the alignment of performance, production and ultimately profit for the Dollard family.
16 October 2025
Sourcing autumn calves – getting it right from the start
Autumn-born calves can slot in well to beef systems, but only if they’re the right calves to begin with, DairyBeef 500 Advisor, Tommy Cox shares some key advice.
15 October 2025
Getting Winter Ready Part 1: Winter Housing
In the first part of a three-part series on ‘Getting Winter Ready’ on the Beef Edge, Teagasc Beef Specialist, Niall Kerins discusses ‘Winter Housing’.
15 October 2025
Continuous progress at Derrynahinch
In what’s shaping up to be a great year for suckler farmers, Manager of the Future Beef Programme, Martina Harrington visits James Madigan’s farm in Co. Kilkenny where a continued focus on doing the simple things well every day is delivering results.
14 October 2025
Reviewing bull finishing performance with the McCarthys
Future Beef and Signpost Programme participant, Eamon McCarthy reflects on the performance of his spring-born bulls, noticing significant variation in the performance of progeny from five-star sires.
13 October 2025