Beef
With the arrival of winter and cattle now being housed on farms in most parts of the country,...
Both the confirmation and carcass weight of dairy-beef cattle has been in decline in recent years, latest ICBF data has shown
The costs associated with a 20-month dairy-beef heifer system were recently highlighted at a Teagasc beef farm walk
Most spring-born dairy-beef calves will have been weaned off milk and are out at grass by now for their first summer at grass.
A panel discussion led by Agriland's technical beef journalist Breifne O'Brien, explored the dairy-beef trade at Moorepark's dairy open day.
Dairy
As we are now over halfway through the year and the breeding season on many dairy farms is well progressed by now, what bulls...
The Teagasc head of livestock systems Padraig French has said that the dairy herd is "going to be very much the dominant supply of beef".
The trend over the last few years is that farmers are breeding the number of replacement dairy heifers that is required for a sufficient...
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon has announced the reopening of the CSP Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme (DBWS) for new applicants.
The ICMSA has welcomed the announcement of the Dairy Beef Weighing Measure, despite what it called the "modest sums" involved.
Agri Politics
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has described the new National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme (NDBWS) as "a step in the right direction".
Payments for scheme year one of the Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan (CSP) Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme have commenced.
The €20/calf payment for farmers rearing calves from the dairy herd for beef production is expected to return this year.
The next few articles of this ABP series will focus on the key elements involved in order to rear a calf successfully and what calves beef...
Dairy cow numbers reduced by 1.3% in 2024, marking the first decrease since 2009, according to a new report by Teagasc
Agriland can reveal that a new national dairy calf research centre is set to open in early 2025 with infrastructure already in place...
Latest research shows the benefits of grazing dairy-beef heifers on swards containing clover and multispecies swards.
The most used dairy sires for the 2024 spring-calving breeding season have been revealed by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF).
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has said that the current budget for the CSP Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme is sufficient.
Agriland spoke to number of representatives from AI companies around the country to see what were the top bulls used this breeding season...
Spring-born dairy-beef calves have predominantly all been weaned off milk and are now out at grass for their first grazing season.
Calves have been weaned off milk and have gone out to grass on many dairy-beef farms across the country by now.
A fundamental overhaul of the CSP Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme (2024-2027) is immediately required, according to the IFA.
