DairyBeef 500 Farm Walk - P Byrne, Castledermot May 2024

Teagasc has developed an initiative which focuses on management practices for technically-efficient, dairy-beef systems called DairyBeef 500. The campaign promotes the adoption of technologies identified through research onto commercial farms, while monitoring their impact on farm sustainability.

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Farming just outside Castledermot, Co. Kildare, Peter and his family, run a mixed farm consisting of both tillage and a dairy calf to beef enterprise.
They farm a total of just over 70 Ha all of which is in one block. The grassland area extends to just shy of 43 Ha with the remaining ground dedicated to a tillage enterprise.