Beef
Teagasc Climate Action Strategy - Signpost Advisory Programme
The Signpost Advisory Programme is a new service which Teagasc aims to make available to all farmers, to allow them to know their current emissions and sequestration, to make a plan to improve, help them with the implementation of the plan, and track progress.
01 December 2022
Launch of the Teagasc Climate Action Strategy
The Teagasc Climate Action Strategy 2022-2030 – ‘Supporting Farmers for Climate Action’ has been launched today, Thursday, 1 December by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD.
01 December 2022
How do Spanish beef farms compare to Irish beef farms?
DairyBeef 500 advisor, Sean Cummins, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast with interesting insights into the recent DairyBeef 500 farmer study trip to Spain.
30 November 2022
Biodiversity continues to be encouraged on Newford Farm
Newford Farm is working to enhance the level of biodiversity on the farm. The farm has been selected as a demonstration farm as part of the Teagasc Signpost Programme.
29 November 2022
Grass10 Update and Newsletter - 29th November 2022
Get the latest information from the Grass10 team. The have weekly tips for managing your grassland as we come to the end of the grazing season. Signup for the dairy conference and PastureBase Ireland Webinar
29 November 2022
Newford Farm Notes 28th November 2022
All of the 2021-born beef heifers (40) have now been sold off Newford Farm at an average age of just under 18 months, or 544 days of age. A total of 32 of the 40 heifers were drafted off grass with no concentrate supplementation provided since turnout on the 20th January.
28 November 2022
Winter weighing - an essential in calf to beef production
Achieving daily live weight gain targets throughout an animal’s life on calf to beef farms is one of the key metrics used to measure the success of animal nutrition, grassland management, husbandry and health programmes.
28 November 2022
Fact vs fiction: the 'myths' of calving at 24 months
Contrary to popular belief, calving beef heifers at 24 months of age has no negative implications on subsequent lifetime performance when compared to calving heifers at 36 months.
28 November 2022
Ken Gill, Future Beef Farmer, November/December Update
A full symbol organic producer, Ken operates a suckler to beef system with 70 Autumn calving suckler cows. All progeny are brought to beef with the aim to slaughter at 24 months. 100% A.I. is used to avail of the best genetics available.
27 November 2022
Charlie Smyth, DairyBeef 500 Farmer, Farm Update November 2022
Charlie is a relatively new entrant to calf-to-beef production. He is farming 50ha just outside Virginia, Co. Cavan – on a mixture of owned and leased ground. In this article Charlie gives us an update on his farm.
26 November 2022
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Watch: Managing farm safety and health video series launched
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for Farm Safety, Martin Heydon TD launched videos covering a range of farm safety and health hazards on farms.
25 November 2022
The two critical measures of silage
With a lot of dairy-beef animals now indoors, grass silage will contribute to a high proportion of the diet of animals over the course of the winter period. Balancing this silage with the correct quantity/quality of concentrate is key to achieving the desired levels of winter weight gain.
24 November 2022
Grass10 Newsletter and updates - 22nd November 2022
Get all the latest information and updates form the Grass 10 team. This week they have the final grass growth prediction of 2022. Some of the advice this week is to review your grassland performance using PastureBase and identify paddocks to establish clover in 2023.
23 November 2022
Sourcing calves for next Spring
As we head into December, now is the time to reflect on how and where we should be sourcing are calves next spring. Having the right calf in place is one of the main ingredients in having a profitable and sustainable dairy calf to beef system on your farm.
23 November 2022
Today's Farm - November/December 2022
The November/December 2022 edition of our bi-monthly magazine is now available online.
22 November 2022
57% of Farmers found to engage in Unsafe Farming Practices
Fifty seven percent of farmers engage in unsafe farming practices according to research completed by Teagasc researchers. When asked to respond to a number of common farm work scenarios, most farmers stated that they were more likely to engage in unsafe practices.
21 November 2022
TResearch Winter 2022
TResearch is an official science publication of Teagasc. It aims to disseminate the results of the organisation’s research to a broad audience. In this edition we look at how our researchers are using novel technologies to enhance the health and wellness benefits of foods.
21 November 2022
Grass disappearing fast on Athleague Sheep Farm
'Low dry matter in grass means they are flying through covers and grass is disappearing. I’ll be another two weeks outside at a push. Ewes will be housed then until lambing on 1st March' - Shane Moore, Athleague, Co Roscommon.
18 November 2022
Grass10 Newsletter and Updates - 15th November 2022
This week the main tips from the Grass 10 team relate to closing grass cover, getting ready to take soil samples and reviewing grassland performance on PastureBase. This weeks Clover Reporter is Peter Doyle from Grange in Co. Meath
16 November 2022
William Kingston, Future Beef Farmer
The Teagasc Future Beef Programme was officially launched in December 2021 and it is a network of 24 beef demonstration farms located right around Ireland. Aisling Molloy, Programme Advisor, tells us more about the programme and about William Kingston, Future Beef Farmer, and his farm.
16 November 2022
Silage Quality - Do you really know what you are feeding?
Enda Maloney, Drystock Advisor, Teagasc Westport writes, the wet weather over the last few weeks has meant that farmers have started housing their cattle, while others won’t be far behind, it’s important that farmers know what quality of feed they are feeding their stock.
13 November 2022
Silage Analysis and Ration Composition
Keith Fahy, B&T Drystock Adviser, Teagasc Galway/Clare tells us that with weather deteriorating, grass growth reducing and in some cases poaching some farmers are starting to house their cattle. This is a great opportunity to take silage samples and indeed soil samples.
12 November 2022
Increase Yields, Reduce Emissions and Improve Profitability with Potash
John McCabe, Dairy Adviser, Teagasc/Aurivo Joint Programme, talks us through the benefits of using potash.
12 November 2022
Maximising Weanling Performance this Winter
John Kilboyle, B&T Drystock Adviser, Teagasc Galway/Clare tells us that over the coming weeks weanling’s will start to be housed and the aim is for them to put on 70kg between now and turnout next spring, or 0.6kg of live weight on average per day.
11 November 2022
Grass 10 Featured Farmer - Philip & John Tyndall, Co. Wexford
'We got farm cover up to 1050Kg DM/ha at peak. My last walk last week the first week of November showed growth was at 25Kg DM/ha/day, and there was 1300kg DM/ha back on first paddocks closed' Philip Tyndall
11 November 2022
DairyBeef 500 Newsletter - November
The current newsletter from the DairyBeef 500 team has advice on ensuring winter performance, lice treatment and information on DairyBeef 500 discussion groups.
10 November 2022
Cow Management now can effect next year’s Breeding Performance
With the poor weather of the last few weeks many of our suckler cows are now housed and in many cases weaned. Those that are not weaned if not adequately fed may start to lose condition which we should avoid particularly if they are older thin cows or first calvers.
10 November 2022
One minute with Carlos Alvarez - Two birds with one stone: blood-based films, from environmental concern to sustainable solution
Carlos Álvarez-García, a researcher at Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, discusses how to address two important environmental issues at once. To hear the full story, come along to our 60 Minute Science event on 15th November.
10 November 2022
Grass 10 Update November 8th
Get grassland advice and information from the Grass 10 team. PastureBase Ireland was not available this week due to an upgrade. Topics this week include reducing the cost of nitrogen fertiliser. This weeks Clover Reporter is William Dennehy from Co. Kerry
09 November 2022
Science Week 2022 - The Festival of Farming and Food Events
The Festival of Farming and Food is an educational, inspiring and fun week, packed full of amazing science activities, experiences, talks and exhibitions, for children and grown-ups alike. Running from November 13-20.
07 November 2022