Dairy beef
Declan Marren on 15 May 2021
Thrive weekly roundup: grazing update and weaning progress on programme farms
This week, the Thrive dairy-beef roundup has an update from the demo farm in Cashel, Co Tipperary, and a weaning update from the programme farms.
Declan Marren on 08 May 2021
Thrive weekly roundup: transitioning calves to grass and demo farm update
This week's Thrive roundup looks at managing the transition to grass for calves, while, on the demo farm, straw intake in calves is still significant.
Declan Marren on 05 May 2021
Thrive: transitioning calves to grass
Managing the transition from indoors to grass needs to be carefully monitored as rapid changes to calf diet and environment can have a negative effect on liveweight gain.
Declan Marren on 01 May 2021
Thrive weekly roundup: managing the calf weaning process
This week's Thrive roundup focuses on minimising performance loss at weaning, while the demo farm weaned the oldest batches of calves.
Darren Carty on 28 Apr 2021
76,265 or 58.7% of BPS applications now submitted
The Department also report that 27,058 applications were received for BEEP-S and 8,185 applications were received for the new dairy beef scheme.
Declan Marren on 28 Apr 2021
Thrive: managing calves at weaning
Declan Marren looks at some key steps to consider to minimise any check in performance around the time of weaning.
Contributor on 22 Apr 2021
Does the market want dairy beef?
With an increasing numbers of the national beef kill coming from the dairy herd, Joe Burke from Bord Bia looks at the demand in the market for dairy beef cattle.
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan on 21 Apr 2021
Teagasc director: ‘Positive future for suckler farmers – with fewer cows’
The Teagasc director’s plain speaking has landed him in hot water with pedigree breeders.
The Dealer on 21 Apr 2021
Teagasc dairy-beef demo farm on way
The Dealer has heard on the grapevine that Teagasc has signed up a farm in south Tipperary, near Coolmore, to rear dairy-beef calves.
Letters to the Editor on 21 Apr 2021
Letter: Prof Boyle's comments on suckler farming
"After the millions of euro that his organisation was given for beef research, his final advice is to just quit!" - Emmanuel O’Dea.
Letters to the Editor on 21 Apr 2021
Letter: Prof Boyle shows lack of understanding on suckler farming
"He displays, in his advice, a complete lack of understanding of the character of the Irish suckler farmer" - Pedigree Council of Ireland.
Declan Marren on 21 Apr 2021
Thrive: preparing calves for weaning
Should calves be weaned by age, weight or how much meal they are eating? Declan Marren looks at some of the key targets for calves in the weeks prior to weaning off milk.
Contributor on 21 Apr 2021
Beef trends from the dairy herd
Beef coming from the dairy herd has undergone many changes over the past number of years. Andrew Cromie from ICBF takes a closer look at the trends.
Adam Woods on 21 Apr 2021
Winter performance key in dairy beef systems
Adam Woods takes a look at the importance of good animal performance over the winter months and what needs to happen to hit targets
Declan Marren on 20 Apr 2021
Financial performance on the demonstration farm
Good technical performance needs to convert to good financial performance. Declan Marren looks at the financials of the systems.
Declan Marren on 20 Apr 2021
What kind of performance can be achieved with dairy-beef cattle?
Declan Marren looks at data from the 2019-born cattle that were slaughtered from last September through to January this year.
Aidan Brennan on 19 Apr 2021
Beef breeding advice for dairy farmers
Aidan Brennan looks at ways dairy farming can improve the beef merit of their non-replacement calves.
Declan Marren on 19 Apr 2021
The final finish: feeding strategies for the finishing phase
Declan Marren looks at what it takes to get the finishing diet correct for different dairy-beef systems.
Declan Marren on 17 Apr 2021
Thrive weekly roundup: yearling grazing targets and rearing 150 calves
In this week's Thrive roundup, Declan Marren outlines grazing targets for yearling cattle over the next few weeks and provides an update on rearing 150 calves on the demonstration farm.
Adam Woods on 17 Apr 2021
Dairy beef challenges from a beef farmer’s perspective
Adam Woods takes a look at dairy beef from a beef farmer’s perspective and what needs to change to make the system a success.