4.00pm: 20 minutes with Minister Michael Creed TD and Joe Healy (IFA president), followed by a Q&A session.

4.30pm: The weanling export market – Joe Burke (Bord Bia) provides an update on exports to date and the potential going forward, in what has been a positive year on this front.

5.00pm: Farm succession and tax planning with Peter Young, Irish Farmers Journal in association with IFAC.

5.30pm: Rebecca Carroll from Animal Health Ireland outlines her five top tips for a healthy herd/flock.

6.00pm: Calving the cow and care of the calf: live demo in association with vet Donal Lynch and Irish Farmers Journal beef editor Adam Woods – back by popular demand.

6.30pm: Dairy calf-to-beef demo: Aidan Brennan, dairy specialist with the Irish Farmers Journal, outlines the important targets to hit with dairy-bred calves.

7.00pm: Breeding profitable sheep: Darren Carty, sheep specialist, Irish Farmers Journal, outlines what attributes he looks for in a ewe.

Separate sections

Breeding demonstration in association with ICBF – taking place every 20 minutes from 4pm. Chris Daly outlines the importance of looking at sub-traits such as fertility and milk when using the maternal index to make breeding decisions.

Dairy beef calves: our dairy beef heifer calves will be grazing beside the yard. The plan is to run these in an 18- to 20-month beef system, with a target final liveweight of 500kg in late 2018. Their current weight is 133kg and our targeted 2017 housing weight is 230kg.

Exhibitors in the main yard

Murphy Concrete

Interchem

Germinal seeds

Easicam

Grennans

NCBC

Dovea

Limousin Society

Glanbia

MSD

IFAC