Agriland Media is delighted to collaborate with the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) to bring you the ‘Commercial Beef Value series’. Farming approximately 130ac of both owned and rented land near Clerihan outside Clonmel in Co. Tipperary, Michael O’Donnell has been in a dairy calf to beef production system for the past four years.

His system involves the purchase of approximately 130 autumn and spring-born calves every year. The calf breeds on the farm are predominantly Hereford, Angus, with some continental breeds also. Every year, Michael aims to improve the genetic beef potential of the calves he is buying in an effort to improve his margins when selling beef cattle.