National Beef Conference 2022
Type Event Proceeding
“Profitable Pathways to Sustainable Beef Farming” - Conference Proceedings
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Irish beef farmers have consistently shown that they can adapt to the many new challenges and opportunities that they have had to face over the years. The last 12 months have been particularly challenging with significant increases in input prices. Rising fertiliser, concentrate and energy costs to a level never seen before, have put beef margins under significant pressure. These rising costs have impacted more negatively on the more intensively stocked beef farms as the rise in beef price which we have witnessed over the last 12 months has not being enough, on many farms, to compensate for the extra costs incurred. The focus now on many farms will be to examine where inputs can be reduced, while still maintaining output. There are a number of papers in our conference that look at the options open to beef farmers to do just that.
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Assessing the potential to improve key profit drivers on beef farms
Dr Paul Crosson, Beef Enterprise Leader, Teagasc Grange
Assessing key profit drivers - Paul Crosson - Teagasc Beef Conference 2022 (PDF)
Abattoir lesions in cattle are associated with an increased age at slaughter
Dr Natascha Meunier, Programme Manager Beef HealthCheck, Animal Health Ireland
Abattoir lesions in cattle - Natascha Meunier - Teagasc Beef Conference 2022 (PDF)
Reducing the age at first calving for suckler heifers – a key profit driver for beef farms
Dr Colin Byrne, Beef Researcher, Teagasc Grange
Reducing the age at first calving - Colin Byrne - Teagasc Beef Conference 2022 (PDF)
Has red clover a role in your beef production system?
Dr Nicky Byrne, Beef Researcher, Teagasc Grange
Has red clover a role in your beef production system - Nicky Byrne - Teagasc Beef Conference 2022 (PDF)