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  • ‘Every animal must perform’: Inside a profitable Wicklow suckler farm
  • Practical insights from Newford Suckler Demonstration Farm in Roscommon
  • Managing replacement suckler heifers in lead-up to breeding

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agriland.ie /1 week ago

‘Every animal must perform’: Inside a profitable Wicklow suckler farm

Meet John Pringle, who farms 59ha in Aughrim, Co. Wicklow, and is hosting the first in a series of FutureBeef Suckler Farm Walks this summer on Friday, 29 May at 6:30p.m.  John is...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Practical insights from Newford Suckler Demonstration Farm in Roscommon

The suckler sector is currently facing significant challenges, including rising input and labour costs, evolving environmental requirements, and the need to support generational re...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Managing replacement suckler heifers in lead-up to breeding

Most well-run suckler herds producing replacement heifers will focus closely on the key management areas of these replacement heifers from birth to breeding. Improving overall suck...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Newford Farm suckler herd hit gross margin of over €1,960/cow in 2025

Crowds of farmers and industry personnel gathered at Scrine near Athleague, Co. Roscommon, this evening (Wednesday, April 22) for the Newford Suckler Breeding Open Day. The event w...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Tips on managing a compact calving pattern in suckler herds

A compact calving pattern in a suckler herd is “one of the clearest indicators of reproductive performance within suckler systems” according to College of Agriculture, Food and Rur...

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agriland.ie /1 week ago

Kepak Young Farmer Forum discusses farm finance and suckler systems

The second stage of the Kepak Young Farmer Forum, in partnership with Musgrave Marketplace and SuperValu, took place on Thursday (May 21). The first part of this year’s forum took...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

ABP Monitor Farms: Spring calving update on 85-cow suckler farm

There are now over 70 cows calved on Wesley Browne’s suckler farm in Co. Monaghan since calving began on February 20. ABP Food Group’s Advantage Beef Programme farm liaison officer...

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agriland.ie /3 days ago

Aughrim-based ABP suckler beef supplier set to host farm walk

Aughrim, Co. Wicklow-based suckler farmer and beef finisher John Pringle is set to host a farm walk, in association with ABP Food Group and Teagasc on Friday, May 29, at 6:30p.m. T...

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agriland.ie /3 weeks ago

Beef focus: Less common sire breeds effective on Laois suckler-beef farm

Based in Ballybrophy, Co. Laois, Thomas Carroll is a suckler, beef and tillage farmer running Parthenaise and Piedmontese breeding bulls with his suckler herd. Approximately 40 suc...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Advice: Suckler herd fertility – getting cows back in calf

As a majority of spring-calving suckler herds move beyond the main calving period, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has said management attention must now...

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agriland.ie /1 week ago

Organic beef and sheep production is ‘wholly sustainable’ – farmer

Organic beef and sheep production can deliver sustainable levels of income while also adding to the enjoyment of farming in that overall sense. This is the strongly held view of Co...

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agriland.ie /1 week ago

Watch: Liffey Meats event showcases 95-cow Longford suckler-beef farm

Hundreds of farmers and agri-industry professionals from across Ireland gathered at the historic Castle Forbes Estate for a major farm walk hosted by Liffey Meats. The event at the...

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agriland.ie /3 weeks ago

How this Offaly farmer fits Herefords into his dairy-beef system

The Rigney family farm at Pallas Park, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co Offaly is run by Paul Ross and his father Paul. The Rigneys are new entrants to dairying since 2020, with the farm p...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

A lifetime of experience shaping a high-performing calf system

Michael Prendergast runs a calf-rearing and finishing enterprise in Co. Tipperary, having stepped away from dairy farming in 2023 after nearly 50 years in milk production. Although...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

High attrition rates remain in numbers of farmers rearing calves

High attrition rates remain in the number of farmers rearing calves annually, according to Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) data. Agriland asked DAFM for data...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Table: Beef grades and carcass weights from Newford suckler herd

The Newford Suckler Breeding Open Day took place on the suckler demonstration farm near Athleague, Co. Roscommon, on Wednesday, April 22. The event saw an interesting range of info...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Turning every calf into value: The NCBC dairy-beef advantage

In today’s dairy systems, every calf must add value to the herd. At Beechfield Farm in Mallow, Co. Cork, John Fitzgerald, his daughter Orla and son-in-law Vincent Hennessy have bui...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Irish in Oz: Working on a 6,000ha suckler farm in Queensland

An Irish couple have recently returned from Queensland, Australia, where they spent a season working on 6,000ha cattle farm with ‘JK Cattle Co’. Agriland recently caught up with Ci...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

ABP Demo Farm: Yearling cattle grazing and calf-rearing updates

The first of the 2025-born cattle were turned out to grass on February 20 on the ABP Demo Farm in Co. Carlow. Speaking to Agriland, Matthew Quinn from the ABP Food Group Advantage...

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agriland.ie /3 weeks ago

Beef farmer moves from buying yearlings to rearing calves in Tramore

ABP Food Group’s Advantage Beef Programme farm liaison officer Sean Cassidy recently visited the farm of Tramore, Co. Waterford-based beef farmer Paul Power to see his calf-to-beef...

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agriland.ie /3 weeks ago

Dealing with non-bulling cows as breeding kicks off

Breeding is now underway on a lot of farms across the country, but there are still plenty of non-bulling cows in the herd that will have to be dealt with. These ‘problem cows’ can...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

‘If you get that part right, everything else follows’

On their farm in Milford, Co. Cork, father and son team Ger and Jonathan Sheehan have built a dairy system that reflects both tradition and forward thinking. Running a 65-cow Jerse...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

UK breeding cattle and sheep populations continue to decline

The UK cattle population declined 1% year-on-year in 2025; while the UK sheep flock saw a decline of 2.1% in the same period. This is according to new data released by the Departme...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

‘Buying in more cows isn’t necessarily the answer’

Irish farmers are being encouraged to take a closer look at the potential losses hidden within their herds this grazing season and make every kilo count while cattle are at grass....

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