Beef

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

Grass10 Updates and Newsletter - 6th December

This week in the Grass10 newsletter hear from Caitlin Looney and Michael Egan, researchers from Teagasc Moorepark give us an update from the Clover150 programme plus all the usual updates from the Grass10 team
07 December 2022

DairyBeef 500 Winter Update – JP Hammersley

Farming in Lattin, Co. Tipperary, JP Hammersley operates a calf to beef system where 70-80 Friesian bull calves are carried to beef. After initially operating a 30-month steer system, JP has made strides through improved animal performance to transition to a 21 and 24 month steer production system.
07 December 2022

Teagasc Climate Action Strategy Launch

On Thursday December 1st Teagasc launched their Climate Action Strategy 2022 - 2030. Charlie McConalogue TD, Minister for Agriculture. Food and the Marine gave the opening address.
07 December 2022

Concentrate supplementation for finishing cattle this winter

While the cost of gaining weight indoors on a forage and concentrate diet is much higher than at grass, if correct levels of thrive are achieved on finishing stock they should come close to covering their costs in most years. Alan Dillon, DairyBeef 500 Campaign Manager discusses further.
06 December 2022

Teagasc Supporting Farmers for Climate Action - Industry Response

Teagasc Head of Education Dr Anne-Marie Butler was joined by Agriculture Industry leaders for a panel discussion at the launch of the Teagasc Climate Action Strategy on December 1st.
06 December 2022

World Soil Day 2022 - Soils: where food begins

Today December 5th marks the United Nations World Soil Day. The day is marked annually as a means to focus attention on the importance of healthy soil and to advocate for the sustainable management of soil resources. The theme for 2022 is - Soils: where food begins
05 December 2022

Teagasc Climate Action Strategy - The Road Map for Agriculture

Ireland has set out its commitment to reduce overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 51% by 2030 and achieve climate neutrality by 2050.
04 December 2022

How do Spanish beef farms compare to Ireland?

In early November 14 Dairy Beef 500 farmers went on a study trip to visit a number of farms in the Catalonia region of Spain, in the north east of Spain. On the trip they visited a number of farms, with the two main enterprises being calf to beef and suckler to beef.
03 December 2022

Teagasc Climate Action Strategy - The Urgent Actions

The climate challenge requires a whole of sector co-ordinated response to move the industry forward. Teagasc, through its MACC curve, has set out how the agriculture and food system can evolve over the short and medium term to meet its climate obligations.
03 December 2022

Kay O'Sullivan Future Beef farmer update November - December

Kay is organically farming over 35 Ha near Mourneabbey Co Cork. Along with suckler cows she also has 75 ewes and 11Ha of Forestry. The main updates from Kay include Animal Nutrition her silage sample results are back, Performance of 2021 born cattle and Soil fertility - Kay composts dung.
02 December 2022

Teagasc Climate Centre

Teagasc is establishing a new virtual Teagasc Climate Centre to co-ordinate climate research and innovation and to accelerate efforts to bring 'almost ready' and 'early stage' technologies to deployment stage.
02 December 2022

Teagasc Climate Action Strategy - Sustainability Digital Platform

Supported by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Teagasc in co-operation with the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) and Bord Bia is building a new digital platform to facilitate a robust whole farm sustainability assessment and 'counting' of carbon emissions and removals
02 December 2022

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

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