Beef
“Getting Winter Ready” on-farm beef events
Teagasc and Animal Health Ireland (AHI) are running a series of on-farm beef events throughout October to highlight the importance of housing, nutrition and animal health to maximise performance over the winter months.
27 September 2023
How Proinnsias Creedon maximises his farm performance over winter
Proinnsias Creedon, Future Beef farmer, joins host Catherine Egan on this week's episode of The Beef Edge podcast to give an insight into his beef system and how he maximises performance over the winter.
27 September 2023
Getting ready for housing on DairyBeef 500 farms
With daylight hours declining and heavy rainfall over recent weeks, the housing of stock is under way or just around the corner on many farms throughout the country. Tommy Cox, DairyBeef 500 Advisor, reports that this is also the case among DairyBeef 500 participants.
27 September 2023
Final day to apply to the National Beef Welfare Scheme
Farmers have just hours left to apply to the National Beef Welfare Scheme, which will close to applications at midnight, today, September 26th.
26 September 2023
Seven-day extension to slurry spreading period
A one-week extension for the application of slurry has been granted, with the closed period for slurry spreading now commencing on October 8 rather than September 30, 2023.
22 September 2023
Using genetics to take the guesswork out of selecting animals for beef
Selecting an animal with the appropriate genetics for beef production is a key contributor to profitability on beef farms nationally.
21 September 2023
Managing grass with heavy rainfall on a Limerick DairyBeef 500 farm
Despite the wet conditions, Ciaran Bartley, a participant in the Teagasc DairyBeef 500 Campaign, has devised a plan to keep grass in the diet for as long as possible. Alan Dillion, DairyBeef 500 Campaign Co-ordinator, tells us more.
21 September 2023
Reassessing beef budgets ahead of winter 2023
With the beef finishing business remaining as precarious as ever, Aidan Murray, Teagasc Beef Specialist, tells us more on the recently published Teagasc beef budgets for 2023.
20 September 2023
Planning now for early Spring grass
Where does time go? As we enter the final third of the year and the final few weeks of the grazing season, now is the ideal time to put a plan in place to have high quality grass available for your stock next spring.
18 September 2023
Kildalton College’s route to suckler profitability
Consisting of 52 spring-calving cows, the suckler herd at Teagasc Kildalton College is one of the most profitable in the country. From a system based mainly on under 16 month bull and 20 month heifer beef, the unit generated a gross margin of €1812/ha and a resulting net margin of €1195/ha in 2022.
17 September 2023
Minister Heydon launches farm Vehicle Safety and Blind Spots Video
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for Farm Safety, Mr Martin Heydon TD, launched a video ‘Farm Vehicle Safety and Blind Spots’ in Teagasc, Athenry yesterday.
15 September 2023
How do I plan for the last rotation?
On this week’s Beef Edge podcast, Catherine Egan is joined by the Grass10 team of John Maher, Joseph Dunphy and John Douglas with grazing tips and advice as the last grazing rotation approaches.
13 September 2023
Protecting animal health in advance of weaning and housing with John Pringle
The September focus on John Pringle’s farm in Aughrim, Co. Wicklow, will centre on the implementation of health protocols prior to housing and weaning, Martina Harrington, Manager of the Teagasc Future Beef Programme, tells us more.
13 September 2023
'Save the Dates’ – Upcoming Teagasc Events
Teagasc has a wide variety of events & conferences taking place this autumn. These range from our presence at the National Ploughing Championships to the Poultry Broiler Conference, College Open Days & the popular Transferring the Family Farm Clinics.
12 September 2023
Sustainable beef production in Monaghan
What does sustainable farming mean in practice? Monaghan drystock farmer Wesley Browne is showing how it can be done profitably, Gabriel Trayers, Teagasc Future Beef Programme Advisor, tells us more.
11 September 2023
TB hasn't gone away - it's on the rise again
With TB on the rise nationally, have we taken our eye off the ball in stopping the spread of this devastating infectious disease?
10 September 2023
Extension to National Beef Welfare Scheme closing date
An extension has been announced to submit applications to the National Beef Welfare Scheme.
10 September 2023
Finishing autumn born bulls down Cork side
William Kingston, a participant in the Teagasc Future Beef Programme, farms 28.13ha with his wife Diana and son Mark in Inchingerig, Drimoleague, Co. Cork.
09 September 2023
Why having a good weaning plan in place is essential
As we approach the time of year when weaning takes place on most spring-calving suckler farms, Stephen O’Callaghan, Walsh Scholar, Teagasc Galway/Clare, tells us why having a good weaning plan in place is important to avoid stressing suckler-bred animals.
09 September 2023
Supporting farmers to deliver sustainable food systems
The appetite at farm level is strong to deliver a sustainable future food system and farmers are taking ownership and looking for solutions, according to Dr. Stan Lalor, Director of Knowledge Transfer with Teagasc.
08 September 2023
Finding the most efficient cows in your suckler herd
Have you weighed your cow and calf pairs for the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP)? Gabriel Trayers, Teagasc Future Beef Programme Advisor, highlights the important role weaning performance reports play in identifying the most and least efficient cows in your herd here.
07 September 2023
Commission rules out re-visiting Ireland’s Nitrates Derogation decision
The European Commission has ruled out re-visiting Ireland’s Nitrates Derogation decision. Ireland’s current derogation is due to expire on 1st January 2026, and the derogation limit is due to reduce to 220kg/ha from 250kg/ha on 1st January 2024 in certain areas.
06 September 2023
DairyBeef 500 farmer, Pat Collins, on his dairy calf-to-beef system
Pat Collins, DairyBeef 500 farmer, from Castlemarter Co. Cork, is on this week’s episode of The Beef Edge podcast to give his personal experiences of his dairy calf to beef system, management on the farm and previews his upcoming open day.
06 September 2023
Research update: Finishing suckler bulls and steers under grazing systems
Paul Crosson, Aidan Moloney, Edward O’Riordan and Mark McGee report on the pasture finishing of late-maturing suckler bulls and steers in Ireland.
06 September 2023
Students graduate from Teagasc dairy calf to beef courses
The first groups of farmers graduated from two Teagasc dairy calf to beef courses, which were run as part of the Teagasc DairyBeef 500 Campaign and commenced in October last year.
06 September 2023
Watch: Preparing for weaning with Future Beef farmer Ger McSweeney
Ger McSweeney farms with his wife Karen and daughter Ella in Tooreenbawn, Milstreet, Co. Cork. He works full-time on farm and farms 31.1ha - split in four blocks, consisting of 13.22ha of owned and 17.88ha of rented land.
05 September 2023
All bases to be covered at major Kildalton beef event
Excellent levels of performance have been achieved on the Kildalton College suckler herd over recent years. To highlight how this has been accomplished, a major beef event is scheduled next Friday, September 8th.
03 September 2023
Ger McSweeney’s suckler-beef system and use of AI on his Millstreet farm
Future Beef suckler farmer Ger McSweeney, from Millstreet, Co.Cork, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to give an update on his beef system, plus he discusses how AI on his farm is increasing performance and reducing age to slaughter. He also previews his upcoming open day.
30 August 2023
Farm walk planned on DairyBeef 500 farm in Cork
Farming outside of Castlemartyr, Co. Cork, Pat Collins and his family run a mixed farm, consisting of both tillage and dairy calf to beef enterprises, on owned and leased lands in a number of different blocks. Gordon Peppard tells us more about Pat, his farm and an upcoming open day.
30 August 2023
Specialised in-calf heifer producer to host farm walk
Michael Cunniffe, a specialised producer of in-calf suckler replacement heifers, will open the gates of his farm next week to highlight how he makes grass work in his system.
27 August 2023