Beef
ABP Demo Farm: 78% of 2021-born heifers finished by October 1
A total of 145 of the 2021-born heifers on the ABP Demo Farm have now been finished. 15 more will...
Beef
A total of 145 of the 2021-born heifers on the ABP Demo Farm have now been finished. 15 more will...
Beef
When 23-year-old beef farmer David Craig from near Clonard, Co. Meath, made the decision to pursue a calf-to-beef enterprise on...
Beef
The first group of 2021-born cattle has been sent for processing at the ABP Demo Farm. Of the 2021-born heifers,...
Beef
Based in north Co. Tipperary is Gurteen College, a farm covering approximately 1,000ac with a dairy, beef, tillage and forestry...
Beef
While many parts of the country have received rainfall over the past number of days, others have received very little...
Beef
Many beef finishers have a preference for finishing one particular category of cattle over the others. Some farmers will buy...
Beef
The 2021-born heifers on the ABP Demo Farm have started receiving concentrates this week, as the heifers and steers in...
Beef
The ABP Demo Farm in Co. Carlow hosted a farm walk for Advantage Beef Programme members and ABP suppliers yesterday...
Beef Technical
The 2021-born cattle on the ABP Demo Farm in Co. Carlow are continuing to thrive well as the grazing season...
Beef
An old saying that is often mentioned in discussions among farmers about cattle is: ‘An ounce of breeding is worth...
Beef
ABP Food Group livestock manager Paul Matthews has given his views on the need for ‘synergy’ from the beef sector,...
Beef
Farming in Clancoolmore, Bandon, Co. Cork, John Twohig is a dairy and beef farmer finishing all his beef animals at...
Beef
The meat processing company ABP Food Group and milk processing co-op Aurivo have announced details of a new pilot scheme...
Beef
Results from the most recent monthly weighing of the 2021-born cattle on the ABP Demo Farm indicated an Average Daily...
Agri-Business
Farming in Ballyhale, south Co. Kilkenny is Jimmy Madigan, a suckler-beef farmer running a split-calving herd. Every year, 100 suckler...
Beef
A growing number of farmers are buying-in calves every year and rearing these animals to beef. Often when buying calves,...
Beef
Out of the 410 calves purchased this year on the ABP Demonstration (Demo) Farm, 160 have been weaned off milk...
Beef
New entrants to beef farming, Brian and Damien Flynn, have come a long way in a short space of time...