Beef
Contract rearing: 'Move the animals, not the fodder'
“It’s a very simple idea. Instead of moving vast amounts of fodder out of the west, we are currently looking...
Beef
“It’s a very simple idea. Instead of moving vast amounts of fodder out of the west, we are currently looking...
Dairy
An information evening on contract rearing of dairy heifers will take place tonight, Thursday, September 27, at 8:00pm in the...
Dairy
Results of a Teagasc study, which analysed labour issues on 38 dairy farms – with herd sizes ranging from 60...
Dairy
Researchers at Teagasc’s Ballyhaise College, Co. Cavan, have developed a contract rearing unit to demonstrate best practice for both dairy...
Dairy
Back in 2009, Neil Boland was faced with the dilemma to either increase suckler cow numbers or to look at...
Dairy
Low stocking rate is one of the main reasons why output is so low on Irish beef farms. Suckler farmers had...