Dairy
The ‘Feeding Success Stories Series’, looks at how high-quality calf nutrition has helped farmers boost herd performance.
Beef
Calf-to-beef farmers Charlie and Charles Smyth based just outside Virginia in Co. Cavan are set to host a farm walk on Thursday, July 10.
The cost of rearing 100 calves to 12 weeks of age is close to €60,000, according to Teagasc DairyBeef 500 programme advisor Gordon Peppard.
Beef Focus
Earlier last month, Agriland paid a visit to Tullow, Co. Carlow, to the suckler and dairy-beef farm of former Irish and...
An international dairy-beef conference took place in Co. Wexford, on Wednesday, October 16 and...
A major dairy calf-to-beef international conference will take place in Co. Wexford, Ireland on October 16 and 17.
The Tipperary dairy calf-to-beef demonstration farm was set up just over a year ago to demonstrate...
An action plan was finalised today (Friday, March 8) to support dairy calf to beef systems in...
Beef Technical
A tool in the arsenal of dairy beef farmers, is the commercial beef value (CBV), which was launched by ICBF in late 2021.
Calf-rearing is a seasonal job on most farms in Ireland and with the peak spring-calving season fast approaching...
The ICMSA has criticised what a lack of farmer input in the dairy calf to beef action plan, saying the "exclusion" of farmers "is absurd".
An action plan announced yesterday lacks a guaranteed return for the financial and labour investment, particularly for beef farmers, according to IFA.
A draft 'action plan' on the dairy beef calf sector will look to "formalise" relationships between dairy and beef farmers.
The 2024 Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme is set to open in March, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has said.
The importance of harvesting high-quality silage for dairy calf-to-beef systems was highlighted at the farm walk on Pat Collins' farm recently.
The department has been accused of sending mixed messages in the Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme by one farm organisation.
Dairy News
The Teagasc National Dairy Conference returned to an in-person event this year, with the first of two days taking place in Cork.
Teagasc has confirmed that it has signed a 15-year lease for lands in Co. Tipperary to develop a new dairy calf-to-beef demonstration farm.
Video
Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Programme participant Jarlath Ruane talks us through his farm and systems in Claremorris, Co. Mayo.
James Fitzgerald of Teagasc shows us what lies ahead on the Virtual Farm Walk on the farm of Jarlath and...
The Dairy-Beef Calf Programme has provided farmers rearing dairy-beef calves this year the opportunity to obtain some additional funding.
A New Zealand business has found that the key is feeding calves milk replacer on a once-a-day (OAD) feeding system.
An online open survey has found that 22% of participants intend to sell their dairy bull calves after at least 14 days for export abroad.
