Beef

Environmental Benefit of Key ACRES Measures
Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) is Ireland's new agri-environment scheme under Ireland's CAP Strategic Plan and administered by the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine.
31 December 2022

Sustainable and Profitable Beef - The Key Drivers
The Teagasc National Beef Conference 2022 took place at the shearwater hotel Ballinasloe amidst freezing conditions experienced earlier in mid-December 2022.
30 December 2022

Beef Newsletter - December 2022
Get the latest news and advice form the Teagasc Beef team.
28 December 2022

The 5 key requirements for a calf shed
With the spring-calving period fast approaching on dairy and beef farms, we take a look back the key requirements of calf housing as presented by Teagasc's Tom Fallon at this year's Beef 2022 open day in Grange.
28 December 2022

Gaining Wellness around Christmas Time
John McNamara Health & Safety Specialist has Wellness pointers for all.
27 December 2022

Organic on-farm Multi Species Sward Trial
Teagasc have teamed up with seed company, DLF and organic dairy farmers, Pat & Mark Mulrooney from Kilsheelan, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary to investigate the on farm performance of Multi Species Swards, especially in periods of drought.
26 December 2022

Newford Farm and its drafting of the Beef Bullocks for 2022
Michael Fagan Teagasc & Stephen Frend Newford Farm Manager give a brief update on their drafting of the 2022 Newford beef bullocks and on how they performed.
26 December 2022

Burren Farmers win Newbie New Entrant Competition 2022
Burren Beef and Farm Experiences, a business established by Bronagh and Cathal O’Rourke, located in the Burren, Co. Clare have been selected as the winners of the 2022 Newbie new entrant competition.
25 December 2022

A Holly Jolly Christmas
As Christmas fast approaches many of us will 'deck the halls with boughs of holly'. The glossy green foliage and scarlet red berries are synonymous with the festive season. In a Christmas message from the Staff of Teagasc Advisory Waterford/Kilkenny, Aoife Leader, Walsh Scholar, praises the Holly
25 December 2022

Be Winter Ready
Serena Gibbons, Education Officer, Teagasc Galway/Clare, reminds us that it is important to continue to keep safety high on the priority list as the farmyard is a hazardous place.
23 December 2022

Reduced Age at Finishing Improves Emissions Performance at Newford Farm
Newford farm is achieving carbon footprint 14% lower than the national average
21 December 2022

The National Beef Conference Panel Discussion
This week’s episode of the Beef Edge podcast is a recording of the Teagasc National Beef Conference panel discussion titled ‘Delivering sustainability at farm level’ which took place on the 13th December in the Shearwater hotel, Ballinasloe.
21 December 2022

Keep safe during the Christmas break
Francis Bligh Teagasc Health & Safety Specialist, has some important advice for farmers in keeping safe during the Christmas break. Read about farmyard safety, creating a safe place on the farm for children, dealing with the cold weather, frozen pipes, lighting, farm animals, machinery and more here
21 December 2022

Review of Occupational Safety and Health in Agriculture discussed at European Parliament Agriculture Committee
A major review of the Future of Agriculture and its impact on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in the EU was recently discussed at the European Parliament Agriculture Committee.
21 December 2022

Maximising weight gain over the winter period with Aonghusa Fahy
Aonghusa farms with his wife Olivia and two children in Tullira, just outside Ardrahan, Co. Galway. He is part-time farming and working full-time off farm as a secondary school teacher, teaching construction, DGC and agricultural science.
21 December 2022

Stay Safe this Christmas
Christmas can create a hive of activity on many farms with family home and friends visiting. It is important to continue to keep safety high on the priority list as the farmyard is a hazardous place. Francis Bligh, Teagasc Health & Safety Specialist has advice on staying safe this Christmas
20 December 2022

Review of 2022 with PastureBase Ireland
On Wednesday, 7th December, John Douglas & Joseph Dunphy from Teagasc Grass10 and Micheal O'Leary from PastureBase hosted a webinar which focused on a review of 2022 with PastureBase Ireland.
17 December 2022

DairyBeef 500 Newsletter - December 2022
The December newsletter from the DairyBeef 500 team features a farm update from JP Hammersley, red clover silage in Roscommon, managing weanlings over the winter months, supplementation for finishing animals, winter dosing and a look at how Spanish beef farms compare to Ireland.
16 December 2022

National Beef Conference 2022
“Profitable Pathways to Sustainable Beef Farming” - Conference Proceedings
16 December 2022

Teagasc to lead largest EU Farm Safety Project ever funded
The European Union (EU) has awarded a group led by Teagasc €5 million in funding to develop and test farm safety solutions. The landmark SafeHabitus project was launched on Thursday, 15 December 2022 in Teagasc Ashtown by Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Martin Heydon T.D.
15 December 2022

Majority of Farmers to experience relatively small changes in Income due to Pillar I CAP Reform
A new report, by economists at Teagasc, examines the economic implications of Pillar I CAP reform implementation, which is due to start in January 2023.
15 December 2022

Grass10 Update and Newsletter - December 13th 2022
In the final update and newsletter of 2022 get the end of year comments from our 2022 Grassland Farmer of the Year Winners. Find out more about the upcoming PastureBase Week in January 2023.
14 December 2022

Profitable Pathways to Sustainable Beef farming
The theme of this year’s Teagasc National Beef Conference was “Profitable Pathways to Sustainable Beef Farming. It took place on Tuesday, 13 December in the Shearwater Hotel in Ballinasloe, County Galway.
14 December 2022

ACRES Update
Teagasc Environment specialist, Catherine Keena, joins Catherine Egan on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to give an update on the new Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme also known as ACRES.
14 December 2022

Outlook 2023 - Economic Prospects for Agriculture
This publication from the Teagasc Agricultural Economics and Farm Surveys Department takes a look at the 2023 prospects for agriculture for 2023 covering Dairy, Cattle, Sheep, Tillage, Pigs, Forestry and Sustainability
14 December 2022

Another year of high Agriculture Production Costs expected in 2023
A new report, by economists at Teagasc, provides the latest estimates of average incomes for various farm types in 2022 and looks ahead to future prospects by forecasting farm incomes in 2023.
13 December 2022
Beef farmers are willing agents of change to drive sustainability of the sector confirms BovINE
For its final dissemination conference in Brussels (1st December 2022), BovINE partners welcomed online over 250 delegates from across Europe in the morning, and key EU policy-players including from DG Agri, DG Sante, Copa-Cogeca and EUFRAS to an in-person presentation in the afternoon.
12 December 2022

Signpost Programme Featured Farmers - Ken Gill
Ken Gill farms full time on his own in Clonbullogue, Co Offaly. He is trading as Ballydermot Organic Farm Ltd. Ken’s breeding season started on 2nd November and is going well.
11 December 2022

Opportunity at Teagasc - Animal Nutritionist
An exciting opportunity is available at Teagasc for an Animal Nutritionist to actively lead and support the development of a Teagasc ruminant nutrition advisory programme that will improve competitiveness, profitability and environmental efficiency on dairy and dry stock farms.
10 December 2022

Has red clover a role in your beef production system?
Teagasc researcher, Nicky Byrne, joins Catherine Egan on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss if red clover has a role on beef farms as well as previewing the upcoming National Beef Conference taking place on the 13th December in the Shearwater Hotel, Ballinasloe at 6pm.
08 December 2022