Bull beef and suckler update from Monaghan ABP Monitor Farm
Spring-2025-born bull calves have nearly all been finished from Wesley Browne’s 85-cow suckler herd in Co. Monaghan. This spring’s calves will be introduced to creep feed from next...
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Spring-2025-born bull calves have nearly all been finished from Wesley Browne’s 85-cow suckler herd in Co. Monaghan. This spring’s calves will be introduced to creep feed from next...
The new suckler scheme, the 2026 Beef Welfare Scheme (BWS), opened for applications earlier this week. This year’s scheme is very similar in structure to last year’s edition. Up to...
Suckler farms that take early weaning preparation steps can reduce the level of stress and animal health issues on their farms when weaning time arrives. Timely vaccination plans a...
Farming 70ha in Co. Roscommon, Oliva Hynes operates a spring-calving suckler system, bred 100% to artificial insemination (AI). With the breeding season well underway, sire choice...
The 2026 Beef Welfare Scheme (BWS) worth €28 million will open this week for applications. Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon has confirmed that that this...
Farming between Four Roads and Athleague in Co. Roscommon is James Fitzmaurice. Fitzmaurice is farming in partnership with his father Willie and the duo run a suckler-to-beef opera...
Achieving average weaning weights of 112kg does not happen by accident. For Patrick and Valerie Sheehy, it starts with meticulous calf management, high-quality nutrition and invest...
Farmers will have the opportunity to see a practical and progressive suckler-to-beef system in action when Future Beef farmer James Skehan opens his farm gate for a Teagasc Future...
As Ballyvadin Beef Farm Ltd in Fethard, Co. Tipperary purchased in 443 calves over a six-week period, with only 1.5 labour units on the farm, efficiency was key to ensuring the ope...
On a busy south Wexford dairy farm, where no two days are the same, finding ways to work smarter has become just as important as working hard. Liam Rotchford, who farms alongside h...
Agroforestry provides an opportunity to integrate trees into existing farming systems, allowing continued agricultural activity while also delivering environmental and financial be...
Managing a paddock system for dairy-beef calves at grass is more challenging in that every time calves are moved, troughs for concentrates and roughage feeders have to be moved als...
Like most drier parts of the country, grass growth rates have all but stalled on the ABP Demo Farm in Co. Carlow. Agriland recently caught up with ABP’s agri-sustainability manager...
When grass regrowths stalled in late July on the farm of Micheal and Kieran Dunne in Trim, Co. Meath, the father and son farming duo made the call to house more older cattle. Micha...
Feeding silage to cattle at times of the year when fresh grass is available is something that dairy calf-to-beef farmers Kieran and Michael Dunne have been trying to eliminate. The...
Many farms, especially in the southern half of the country, will currently be feeding silage as grass has been exceptionally scarce since the end of May in the worst affected area....
The benefits of managing hill farms proactively have been confirmed by research and development work carried out in Northern Ireland. This approach allows for balancing the food ou...
The 2026 IHFA Focus Farms represent a diverse range of production systems. Among them are spring-calving and split-calving herds, grass-based enterprises and higher-output systems,...
Autumn can be a high-risk period for calf pneumonia on Irish farms, with stressors such as weaning and housing reducing the ability of the immune system to fight disease. One farme...
Tips for setting up effective and simple paddock-grazing systems were among the discussion points at a recent Teagasc beef farm walk. Speaking at the Teagasc DairyBeef500 farm walk...
Farming on the Co. Laois side of the River Barrow between Monasterevin and Ballybrittas is Enda Luttrell. He is farming in partnership with his father Peter on approximately 300ac...
Continued high attrition rates in the number of farmers rearing calves was highlighted as a “significant challenge” in the Irish dairy-calf-to-beef industry at a recent Teagasc far...
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