Beef
Over the last week AgriLand partnered up with Teagasc to bring you live coverage of Virtual Beef Week. It replaced the Teagasc BEEF Open Day.
Environment
There are opportunities for Irish farmers in the sequestration of carbon in grassland but this is still down the road, Gerry Boyle says.
"I think farmers in Ireland have a right to be concerned about this contradiction between the demands internally and those externally."
Earlier tonight, the new Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine, Barry Cowen, joined the Live@Grange panel discussion.
The panel of Aidan Murray, Christy Watson, Edward O’Riordan and Sean Roddy, answered questions that were sent in by the viewers.
Video
Livestream of Teagasc: Virtual Beef Week: with Prof Gerry Boyle, Tim Cullinan, Mairead McGuinness, Barry Cowan, and Thia Hennessy
The final Live@Grange panel discussion as part of Virtual Beef Week will have a focus on the major challenges facing the beef sector.
Day four at Live@Grange, which kicked off yesterday evening, centred around how to grow and utilise more grass in beef production systems.
Check out this video where farmer Sean Roddy talks about spring grassland management part of theTeagasc Virtual Beef Week: Live@Grange
Sean Roddy tells us his tips, on soil fertility and what he’s done in terms of spreading lime and fertilizer...
Aidan Murray, of Teagasc, chaired the session. He was joined by Sean Roddy, a suckler farmer, from Co. Kildare.
“Investment was made in the relocation of these water troughs so that they could at least serve two paddocks, while...
Beef farming just outside Celbridge, Co. Kildare, Sean Roddy - who manages Lyons Demesne - runs a spring-calving suckler herd.
After putting plans in place to correct soil fertility in Lyons Demesne, Sean Roddy turned his attention to improving infrastructure.
Sean Roddy – who manages Lyons Demesne, in Co. Kildare – understands the importance of soil fertility in order to grow grass.
The focus will switch to how to grow and utilise more grass in the production of beef animals on Thursday.
At day three of Live@Grange, Mike Egan, a Teagasc grassland researcher, spoke about how white clover can be incorporated into grass swards.
The focus of tonight’s episode of Live@Grange involved the environmental sustainability of beef production in Ireland.
Grass
Mark Plunkett spoke about the steps farmers can take to reduce ammonia emissions, such as using low-emission slurry application methods.
'Water quality is a big thing around here; we have the best water quality in the six catchments and that’s down to the farmers.'
Farming in Crosshaven, Co. Cork, Billy and Niall Nicholson operate both a suckler-to-beef and tillage enterprise.
Beef farming in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, Tim Meagher, is no stranger to the use of clover swards on his farm.
Philip Rochford, who farms in Co. Wexford, was ahead of the curve in 2008 when he purchased a trailing shoe.
