Agri-Business
Over the past week AgriLand Media produced 'The Calf Show' over four nights, which was hosted by our beef specialist, Michael Carey.
Beef
Some calf-to-beef farmers will make the trip to dairy farms in pursuit of healthy and quality calves to rear this spring.
Alan Dillon outlines the weight targets that farmers should be seeing from their calves once they are weaned and grazing grass this spring.
Pat Collins - a Teagasc Green Acres participant - spoke about the procedure when it comes to weaning calves on his farm.
The fourth and final episode of 'The Calf Show' series is now live to view on AgriLand's YouTube channels and social media platforms.
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As part of the Green Acres Calf To Beef Programme with Teagasc, AgriLand is hosting a series of programmes presented...
The final episode in the series will be broadcast this evening, again at 7:30, and will focus on preparing calves for weaning and turnout.
Martin Connolly spoke about his experience on implementing a herd health plan and the benefits he is seeing because of it.
Susanne Naughton from MSD speaks about the best practice that farmers can follow when it comes to administering vaccines to calves.
The third episode of the calf show series is now live to view on AgriLand's Youtube channel and across social media platforms.
The panellists will be speaking about how vaccination programmes can be practiced on farms, along with implementing a herd health plan.
Irvine Allen, a participant in the Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef programme, spoke about his procedure of feeding calves upon arrival.
With milk replacer being on the shopping list for a lot of farmers, they should also be looking at the ingredients of the product.
The second episode of 'The Calf Show' series is now live to view on AgriLand’s YouTube channel and across social media platforms.
The Calf Show: The second episode in the series will be broadcast this evening, again at 7:30, and will focus on calf feeding and hygiene.
Seán Cummins gives a run through of the factors that farmers need think of when it comes to the price paid for calves this spring.
In the first programme of 'The Calf Show' series, hosted by AgriLand, our panellists discussed the subject of calf housing this spring.
The topics up for discussion includes calf housing and what changes farmers can make to existing buildings to provide calves with the best environment.
As part of the Green Acres Calf To Beef Programme with Teagasc, AgriLand will host a series of programmes presented by Michael Carey.
Next week, as part of the Green Acres calf-to-beef programme with Teagasc, AgriLand will host a series of programmes.
