Listen: Future Beef Farmer, Shane Keaveney on his suckler to beef system

Roscommon Future Beef farmer, Shane Keaveney features on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss the management of his suckler to beef system and the upcoming National Beef walk taking place on his farm on Wednesday, September 11 at 6pm.

Shane explains that he farms with his wife Gráinne and three children. Operating a suckler to finishing system, bulls are finished under 16 months and heifers that are not kept as replacements are sold as stores. Shane aims to finish the bulls at 680-700kg at under 16 months of age and have a minimum fat score of 2+.

Shane also details the breeding performance on his farm, where he is hitting all the key performance indicators. Shane has targeted a reduction in age of finish by pushing the bull weanlings earlier and by feeding a high quality red clover silage over the winter.

Listen in below:

The farm walk

Shane will discuss his system’s physical and financial performance in detail at the walk on Wednesday, September at 6pm. The focus of the event will be 'Opportunities in Suckler Farming'.

Shane will also detail how red clover is helping him meet his winter weight targets. Plus, the new EIP Island River Catchment scheme will be outlined to explain what opportunities there are for local farmers.

Castlerea Livestock Mart Manager, Brendan Egan will discuss the beef market outlook for the coming months along with Anthony O'Dowd from Dawn Meats.

There will be a number of industry stakeholder available to meet and discuss any queries you may have and refreshments will be served.

Further details on the farm walk are available here.

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