Dairy beef

Breeding suckler cows that work hard

Last week Adam Woods travelled to the British Cattle Breeders Conference in Telford, UK to find out some of challenges and opportunities facing British agriculture.

NEWS 28 January 2026

Breeding suckler cows that work hard

MOST READ STORIES

1

2

3

4

5

UK breeding conference: real concern for future of UK suckler cow

UK breeding conference: real concern for future of UK suckler cow

NEWS 20 January 2026

Beef Management: young bulls, purchasing dairy beef calves and tagging

Beef Management: young bulls, purchasing dairy beef calves and tagging

MANAGEMENT 14 January 2026

Buyers beware: the top tips for buying calves this spring

Buyers beware: the top tips for buying calves this spring

Buyers beware: the top tips for buying calves this spring

CALVES 14 January 2026

Top five Farmer Writes videos from 2025

Top five Farmer Writes videos from 2025

Top five Farmer Writes videos from 2025

NORTHERN IRELAND 24 December 2025

ADVERTISEMENT

Camera at the Mart: quality store cattle hold firm in Kilkenny

Camera at the Mart: quality store cattle hold firm in Kilkenny

While quality cattle held firm in price, plainer stock were a tougher sell, especially Friesian bullocks.

MARKETS 26 November 2025

Ireland needs to up its game on beef marketing

Ireland needs to up its game on beef marketing

How do we future-proof Irish beef in an era of globalisation, falling EU production and the looming Mercosur deal? Asks Nuffield scholar Michael Martin.

OPINION 26 November 2025

Climate smart solutions on west Limerick beef farm

Climate smart solutions on west Limerick beef farm

The first of three on-farm demonstrations scheduled over the next five years as part of the ClimateFarmDemo project took place on a Limerick farm recently, Teagasc adviser Jack Kennedy reports.

FEATURE 26 November 2025

How one farmer is offsetting his greenhouse gas emissions

How one farmer is offsetting his greenhouse gas emissions

Tom Houlihan, acting head of Forestry Development at Teagasc and Signpost farmer Aidan Maguire report on forestry on the farm.

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 26 November 2025

Minister's scheme cuts and TAMS ranking turned ‘dial in the wrong direction’

Minister's scheme cuts and TAMS ranking turned ‘dial in the wrong direction’

The IFA has called on Government to reverse recent farm sector funding decisions.

NEWS 26 November 2025

Macra urges U-turn on cut to calf weighing payments

Macra urges U-turn on cut to calf weighing payments

A reversal of a reduction in the maximum number of calves that can receive payment for weighing has been sought by Macra.

NEWS 26 November 2025

Department makes more cuts to farmer payments

Department makes more cuts to farmer payments

Payment cuts to three exchequer-funded schemes have now been confirmed in recent weeks.

NEWS 26 November 2025

SPONSORED

Laois dairy farmer boosts calf performance with GAIN Easi Mix

Learn how Abbeyleix dairy farmer Seán Miller uses GAIN Easi Mix to drive calf performance on his family farm.

Laois dairy farmer boosts calf performance with GAIN Easi Mix

LOAD MORE STORIES