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On what was a glorious summer’s day last Tuesday, thousands travelled from all over the country to Teagasc Grange for BEEF 2018. On arrival, spectators were greeted by Eddie O'Riordan on the introduction stand, which outlined the theme of the event "€nhancing Knowledge" and the schedule for the day.
Following the introduction stand, next up was the infrastructure village which had fencing, drainage systems, roadways, soil fertility, reseeding and water system demos on display.
Infrastructure village. \ Philip Doyle
The four main stands on the day outlined key performance indicators in the suckler-to-beef system, dairy calf to beef, animal genetics and grassland management.
There were many other new technologies in relation to grassland management, animal nutrition, beef genetics, reproductive management and animal health, including farm planning and implementation methods essential in increasing the competitiveness of the beef sector, on display on the day.
The Irish Farmers Journal and ICBF held a livestock demonstration focusing on replacement heifers, achieving the two-year-old calving target, animals of varying suckler €uroStar index and AI usage in suckler herds.
"If we keep using proven bulls we are going to stagnate gentic improvement so we need to use new test bulls also" Chris Daly #ICBF#BEEF2018pic.twitter.com/uQQJcx9yca
The Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed was one of the speakers at the evening's farmer forum chaired by Richard Curran from RTÉ, alongside Phelim O’Neill from the Irish Farmer Journal and farmers Mike Dillane, Joe Farrell and John Phelan.
Farmer forum starting now after a great day at Beef 2018. Prof. Gerry Boyle addressing the crowd before RTE’s Richard Curran chairs the forum with @creedcnw, @PhelimONeillFJ and farmers Mike Dillane, Joe Farrell and John Phelan @FJBeef@teagascpic.twitter.com/kM0rOhDGHa
“Very interesting day with lots of useful information to take home with us, it’s a very impressive set up cows are looking well and the paddock system looked great I suppose they are suffering a little bit from the lack of rain like everywhere else.”
“The new technology on show was very impressive; the Moocall heat monitors are something that looks really interesting and it would come in very useful on many beef farms. The Grass 10 demo was also very good showing how you can better utilise grass to get better feeding value out it.”
“Good day overall. The event was very well laid-out and thought-out. Walking through on the tour you always pick up something new that you never saw before that can be brought home and put into practice on your own farm.”
On what was a glorious summer’s day last Tuesday, thousands travelled from all over the country to Teagasc Grange for BEEF 2018. On arrival, spectators were greeted by Eddie O'Riordan on the introduction stand, which outlined the theme of the event "€nhancing Knowledge" and the schedule for the day.
Following the introduction stand, next up was the infrastructure village which had fencing, drainage systems, roadways, soil fertility, reseeding and water system demos on display.
Infrastructure village. \ Philip Doyle
The four main stands on the day outlined key performance indicators in the suckler-to-beef system, dairy calf to beef, animal genetics and grassland management.
There were many other new technologies in relation to grassland management, animal nutrition, beef genetics, reproductive management and animal health, including farm planning and implementation methods essential in increasing the competitiveness of the beef sector, on display on the day.
The Irish Farmers Journal and ICBF held a livestock demonstration focusing on replacement heifers, achieving the two-year-old calving target, animals of varying suckler €uroStar index and AI usage in suckler herds.
"If we keep using proven bulls we are going to stagnate gentic improvement so we need to use new test bulls also" Chris Daly #ICBF#BEEF2018pic.twitter.com/uQQJcx9yca
The Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed was one of the speakers at the evening's farmer forum chaired by Richard Curran from RTÉ, alongside Phelim O’Neill from the Irish Farmer Journal and farmers Mike Dillane, Joe Farrell and John Phelan.
Farmer forum starting now after a great day at Beef 2018. Prof. Gerry Boyle addressing the crowd before RTE’s Richard Curran chairs the forum with @creedcnw, @PhelimONeillFJ and farmers Mike Dillane, Joe Farrell and John Phelan @FJBeef@teagascpic.twitter.com/kM0rOhDGHa
“Very interesting day with lots of useful information to take home with us, it’s a very impressive set up cows are looking well and the paddock system looked great I suppose they are suffering a little bit from the lack of rain like everywhere else.”
“The new technology on show was very impressive; the Moocall heat monitors are something that looks really interesting and it would come in very useful on many beef farms. The Grass 10 demo was also very good showing how you can better utilise grass to get better feeding value out it.”
“Good day overall. The event was very well laid-out and thought-out. Walking through on the tour you always pick up something new that you never saw before that can be brought home and put into practice on your own farm.”
After a tough spring and a list of field jobs for farmers to complete, the week ahead seems to be giving the opportunity for this work to be caught up on weather-wise.
Lambing in Tullamore farm has had plenty of ups and downs this year with adverse weather the standout challenge while abortion and the birth of weak lambs also raising concerns.
Commenting following the third meeting of the ICBF stakeholder group this week, IFA livestock chair Declan Hanrahan said progress is being made on the substantive concerns raised by the IFA.
The number of farmers buying calves appears to have dropped in recent weeks and this should be a concern to policymakers, according to one mart manager.
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