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A key aspect of a successful calf-to-beef system is ensuring animals perform to their average daily liveweight gain targets. If cattle underperform, it…
On the Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Programme farms, an increase in the number of spring-born, Holstein Friesian (HOFR) calves was witnessed this…
Similar to last year, the 12 farmers participating in the Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Programme used a number of methods to…
Sourcing calves from dairy herds is drawing to a close on the Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Programme farms for spring 2020.…
The focus on the Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Programme farms has switched to silage harvesting, with the aim of having all…
Like a lot of farmers across the country, Pat Collins – a participant in the Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Programme –…
Farming in Mount Temple, Moate, Co. Westmeath, Irvine Allen – a participant in the Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Programme – is…
By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald Growth rates across the country have accelerated in recent days and some farms are now facing…
As a lot of other industries and professions wind down amid the Covid-19 pandemic, it is quite the opposite on livestock farms across…
The start of the grazing season in 2020 has been challenging. With poor ground conditions and reduced growth rates, farmers across the country…
This spring has not gone to plan in terms of grazing and grass growth on farms the length and breath of the country.…
In our final instalment of the ‘Calf Health and Management Series’, as part of the Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Programme, we…
While weather woes continue across the country, even the thoughts of grazing silage ground – never mind trying to get slurry and fertiliser…
While calf purchase price and the genetics of the calf are foremost in terms of making a profit on calf-to-beef systems, calf health…
Over 80 people attended the first Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Programme farm of 2020, which took place yesterday, Wednesday, March 11,…
Farming in Myshall, Co. Carlow, Shane Cranny will host the first farm walk of 2020 of the second phase of the Teagasc Green…
Bacteria and viruses are present in large numbers on all farms, and the diseases they and other germs cause are common and costly.…
In the following article/video of the ‘Calf Health and Management Series’, Volac’s Rebecca O’Sullivan brings us through a step-by-step guide to mixing milk…
