Beef
Trying to breed the 'aggression' out of cattle
Breeding is a valuable long-term tool to increase the docility of livestock, according to Teagasc geneticist Dr Noirin McHugh. She...
Beef
Breeding is a valuable long-term tool to increase the docility of livestock, according to Teagasc geneticist Dr Noirin McHugh. She...
Beef
To date payments in excess of €36m have issued to almost 20,000 participants in the Beef Data and Genomics Programme,...
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It would not be possible to arbitrarily increase the payment to suckler farmers under the Beef Data and Genomics Programme...
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Farmers are being urged to set a bottom line of €4/kg for beef to start 2016 by ICSA Beef Chairman Edmond...
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As part of the Macra na Feirme’s Young Farmer Conference, those interested in beef production attended the suckler-to-beef farm of...
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The Derrypatrick farm is a suckler beef systems research farm established at Teagasc, Grange, Dunsany, Co. Meath in 2009 for...
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One of the key recommendations arising out of the Food Harvest 2020 report was for Teagasc to set up a...
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A key question facing many suckler farmers in the new Beef Data and Genomics Programme is wheater its worth their...
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The cold winter chill is coming and many farmers seek to extend the grazing season by feeding concentrates and silage...
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Teagasc’s Derrypatrick suckler herd is projected to make almost double the net profit of some of the countries best suckler...
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In 2014, the EU suckler cow herd declined by 350,000 with the shift of suckler to milk cows is more pronounced...
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A clearance sale of 40 incalf Limousin cows is set for Roscrea Mart on Friday, August 14, at 1pm. The sale...
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Assessing cows for milk yield in suckler herds and dosing weanlings for stomach worms are two of the things that beef...
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Some 32,000 suckler farmers are to start receiving payment under the Beef Data Programme in the coming weeks. It was...
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Over 649,000 beef calves have been born so far this year, according to latest figures from the ICBF. Beef calf...
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The new Beef Data and Genomics Programme aims to dramatically improve maternal traits in the national herd over the next...
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One third of beef farmers in Ireland intend to increase the number of suckler cows on their farms, according to a...
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There are some 39,605 suckler herds in Ireland of less than 10 cows, according to latest figures released by the...