Beef
The drought conditions have reduced grass growth over recent weeks and the hot weather has put a halt to fertiliser programmes on farms.
There has been a lot of confusion surrounding €uro-Star Indexes in recent times. Some farmers argue that they have improved overall performance, while other farmers have not achieved the desired results
When Teagasc held its BEEF 2018 event in Grange, Co. Meath, last week, a number of Ireland's pedigree breed societies decided not to attend.
The Farrell family operate a dairy calf-to-beef operation, alongside a tillage enterprise, in Castledermot, Co. Kildare.
Grass
According to Teagasc, improving grass utilisation on a beef farm is worth an additional €105/ha for every extra tonne of grass DM utilised.
The power of lime is often underestimated on beef farms in Ireland. It has the potential to increase grass production by unlocking nutrients.
There are some key questions that suckler farmers need to ask themselves before setting about breeding or buying replacements for their sucker herds.
Profitable beef production in Ireland is based on the use of high quantities of quality grass to produce beef at a low cost. Central to this, however, is good grazing infrastructure.
Calving heifers at 24 months has raised some concerns among farmers in the past. There are many factors which deter farmers away from breeding heifers at the age of 15 months.
Although the research farm's suckler herds continued to take price of place, its new dairy calf-to-beef trial was showcased for the first time to a national audience.
75% of all of the sires used to mate suckler cows in Ireland are stock bulls, but is there scope to use more AI?
A fodder census will be conducted nationally over the next three weeks, Minister Michael Creed and Teagasc have announced.
Many beef farmers travelled to the Beef 2018 event in Teagasc Grange today to hear of possible avenues of increasing the profitability of their production systems.
Crowds descended on Teagasc Grange for this year's Beef 2018 open day; one of the key focuses on the day was grazing infrastructure.
Farmers are being urged to be become more safety aware at the ‘Farm Safety Area’ at Teagasc's BEEF 2018 today.
The adoption of key technologies are essential to increasing the profitability of beef production in Ireland, according to Teagasc.
Teagasc’s BEEF 2018 event – a major day for the Irish beef industry – will take place at the Teagasc Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, in Grange, Co. Meath, on Tuesday, June 26.
Teagasc's BEEF 2018 event - a major day for the Irish beef industry - will take place at the Teagasc Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, in Grange, Co. Meath, on Tuesday, June 26.
