Dairy News
Factory supply: 1 in 3 cattle processed this year sired by dairy bulls
One in three cattle processed at Irish beef factories in the first four months of this year were sired by...
Dairy Beef
Beef
Beef cross dairy steers finished off grass under 22 months in NI
Northern Ireland’s College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) has seen “performance ahead of expectation” for beef cross steers...
CAP / Schemes
30,000 farmers to receive BEEP-S and dairy beef payments
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, has today (Wednesday, December 8) confirmed that payments under the...
Dairy Technical
National Dairy Conference: Future of dairy breeding programme
Yesterday (Tuesday November 23) marked the first day of the Teagasc National Dairy Conference, which is being held virtually. The...
Dairy Technical
Dairy breeding strategies explored by NUI survey
The use of sexed semen is likely to increase further in Ireland with the recent opening of a sexed semen...
Beef
MEP 'rejects notion that suckler model should be abandoned'
An MEP has weighed in on the controversy over comments made on dairy beef by Teagasc director Gerry Boyle. Following...
Beef
Teagasc criticised for 'lack of respect' for suckler sector
Teagasc predictions of a potential switch among beef farmers to dairy beef production have been criticised by the Irish Farmers’...
CAP / Schemes
CAP Strategic Plan: New dairy beef scheme proposed
A new dairy beef welfare scheme is set to be brought in under the proposed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) National...
Beef Technical
'Suckler-beef cattle proving to be more efficient than Dairy-beef'
On a recent ‘Lets talk cattle’ webinar hosted by Teagasc, Andrew Cromie from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) spoke about...
Green Acres
Getting dairy-beef calves ready for weaning
Farmers rearing dairy-beef calves this spring are getting to a stage where calves, which were purchased in the early months...
CAP / Schemes
Deadline looms for farmers to claim under €20/head dairy beef calf scheme
The closing date for the submission of payments claims relating to the Dairy Beef Calf Programme is looming, the Irish...
Beef
40% methane reductions possible for beef production - joint study
A methane reduction of up to 40% is achievable for Irish beef production – which would have “significant positive benefits”,...
Beef
Reducing emissions in dairy beef goes under spotlight in new podcast
Reducing emissions in dairy beef production is put under the spotlight in the third and final episode of the ABP...
Beef
Department 'engaging' on ICMSA's Dairy Beef Calf Scheme
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has said that it is satisfied that the Department of Agriculture, Food and...
Beef
Significant scope to reduce the carbon impact of dairy-beef herd - ABP research
Today, Wednesday, September 27, ABP – in conjunction with the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) and Teagasc – has released...
Beef
What are dairy bull calves worth now, based on current beef prices?
Ireland’s dairy-beef industry has found itself propelled into the fast lane. Since quotas were abolished in 2015, the national dairy...
Dairy
'This is not an image that we want to portray for Irish agriculture'
In light of the expanding national dairy herd and the ever-increasing amount of beef calves being generated, the Dairy Beef...
Beef
Department plans dairy beef genotyping programme
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has confirmed to AgriLand that it is looking at dairy beef genotyping as...