BEEF2026 Knowledge Hub
All the research and findings from the Beef2026 open day are available in the knowledge hub below. The theme this year was Driving Sustainable Performance.
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Dairy Beef Systems
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Commercial Beef Value: making genetics work in the dairy-beef system
- Commercial Beef Value (CBV) allows beef farmers to purchase superior calves/store cattle.
Source: Teagasc
The principles of successful calf rearing
- Calf rearing is typically the most costly and labour-intensive stage of grass-based dairy-beef production systems.
Source: Teagasc
Understanding Summer Scour Syndrome
- Summer scour syndrome (SSS) is a novel digestive disorder affecting recently-weaned dairy-bred calves, typically two to six weeks post-turnout to pasture.
Source: Teagasc
Calf health from birth to the end of the first grazing season in dairy-beef systems
- Good health is critical for calves to achieve their genetic potential for growth.
Source: Teagasc
Tipperary dairy calftobeef demonstration farm update (Ballyvadin Beef Farm Ltd.)
- The core objectives of the Tipperary dairy calf-to-beef demonstration farm are to demonstrate (i) best practice technologies and management for profitable, sustainable and labour efficient dairy calftobeef production and, (ii) the benefit of dairy-beef integration through contract calf supply.
Source: Teagasc
An analysis of the 2025 Teagasc DairyBeef 500 Profit Monitor results
- Average net margins on Teagasc DairyBeef500 programme farms doubled between 2024 and 2025, reaching €1,465/hectare (excluding direct payments).
Source: Teagasc
Profitable pasture-based dairy-beef systems
- Pasture-based dairy-beef systems have been shown to achieve profits in excess of €1,000 net margin/hectare at both research and commercial farm level.
Source: Teagasc