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Viewpoints
Editorial: Beef margins - razor thin
Jack Kennedy
Surely one of the first steps on this sustainability road is farmer margin.
9 October 2024 Viewpoints
Home Farm: the hardiness of our dairy beef cattle
I explained the symptoms, to be told that there was a vet in the area and within half an hour, he was in the field.
9 October 2024 Schemes
€40/calf payment should go to the rearer – ICMSA
ICMSA president Denis Drennan said the payment – which was doubled in the budget - should go in full to the calf rearer.
Minister has scheme decisions to make
A decision has also to be made on what sector will benefit from the Dairy Beef Scheme, which has a new payment of €40/calf, up from €20.
2 October 2024 News
HiSpec twin-tub does big throughput on Tipp farm
Milking 400 cows and finishing over 200 cattle, Andy and Jerry Darmody rely heavily on the use of a diet feeder all year round, Gary Abbott reports.
2 October 2024 Farm machinery
Budget 2025 'falls short' of addressing farming pressures - ICSA
The upper limit of eligible calves in the Beef Welfare Scheme should have been extended beyond 40 calves, ICSA president Sean McNamara has said.
1 October 2024 News
Budget 2025 in figures for farmers
An overview of the main payments and reliefs for farmers in Budget 2025.
1 October 2024 News
Major dairy calf-to-beef conference set for Wexford this October
The conference is set to hear the latest on calf health, dairy-beef nutrition strategies and supply chain integration in the dairy-beef sector.
27 September 2024 News
New IBR scheme in Budget 2025
Funding is being sought to fast-track an IBR scheme in light of the imminent threat to calf exports to the Netherlands in spring 2025.
25 September 2024 News
Everything on show except the money at ABP demo farm
Adam Woods reports from the ABP dairy calf-to-beef demo farm open day, which took place last week in Carlow.
18 September 2024 Breeding & health
Teagasc breeding pedigree bulls for AI
Nevan McKiernan has details of a Teagasc project which aims to breed elite pedigree Aberdeen Angus bulls for the dairy herd.
11 September 2024 Breeding & health
Dairy beef delivering for Meath family partnership
The father-and-son partnership of Aidan and Luke Maguire is working positively and delivering a net margin of over €700/ha, writes Shaun Diver.
11 September 2024 News