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Table: Cost of rearing a dairy-beef calf to 20 months-of-age

Beef

3 months ago

Table: Cost of rearing a dairy-beef calf to 20 months-of-age

The costs associated with a 20-month dairy-beef heifer system were recently highlighted at a...

How much weight should dairy-beef calves be gaining at grass?

Beef

4 months ago

How much weight should dairy-beef calves be gaining at grass?

Most spring-born dairy-beef calves will have been weaned off milk and are out at grass by...

Exploring carcass quality with dairy-beef animals

Beef

4 months ago

Exploring carcass quality with dairy-beef animals

An interactive panel discussion led by Agriland's technical beef journalist Breifne O'Brien,...

ICBF: What are the most-used bulls so far this year?

Dairy

4 months ago

ICBF: What are the most-used bulls so far this year?

As we are now over halfway through the year and the breeding season on many dairy farms has well...

Dairy herd 'going to be very much dominant beef supply' - expert

Beef

4 months ago

Dairy herd 'going to be very much dominant beef supply' - expert

The dairy herd is "going to be very much the dominant supply of beef" in the coming years, as...

Dairy

6 months ago

Is there a looming shortage of replacement dairy heifers?

The trend over the last few years is that farmers are breeding the number of replacement dairy...

Is there a looming shortage of replacement dairy heifers?

Dairy

6 months ago

Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme opens to new applicants

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon has today (Wednesday, April 9)...

Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme opens to new applicants

Dairy

7 months ago

ICMSA welcomes dairy beef measure despite 'modest sums'

The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers' Association (ICMSA) has welcomed the announcement of the Dairy...

ICMSA welcomes dairy beef measure despite 'modest sums'

Agri Politics

7 months ago

Call for long-term support for farmers in dairy-beef systems

The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has described the new National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme...

Call for long-term support for farmers in dairy-beef systems

Beef

7 months ago

€4.7m in payments for Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme begin

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon has today (Friday, March 21) confirmed...

€4.7m in payments for Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme begin

Beef

8 months ago

Details on restoration of €1,000 calf-rearing payment

The €20/calf payment for farmers rearing calves from the dairy herd for beef production is...

Details on restoration of €1,000 calf-rearing payment

Beef

8 months ago

ABP Beef Series: What does it cost to rear a calf?

The ABP beef series will focus on the key elements involved in rearing a calf successfully and what...

ABP Beef Series: What does it cost to rear a calf?

Dairy

9 months ago

Dairy cow numbers down 1.3% in 2024 - first decrease since 2009

Dairy cow numbers reduced by 1.3% in 2024, marking the first decrease since 2009, according to a...

Dairy cow numbers down 1.3% in 2024 - first decrease since 2009

Beef

10 months ago

New national calf research centre to open in early 2025

A new national dairy calf research centre is set to open in early 2025 with infrastructure already...

New national calf research centre to open in early 2025

Beef

about 1 year ago

Can clover grazing deliver higher profits from dairy-beef heifer systems?

Grass-based, dairy-beef heifer systems have the potential for very high carcass output/ha because...

Can clover grazing deliver higher profits from dairy-beef heifer systems?

Dairy

about 1 year ago

Most used dairy sires for the first 6 months of 2024 revealed

The most frequently used dairy sires for the 2024 spring-calving breeding season have been revealed...

Most used dairy sires for the first 6 months of 2024 revealed

Dairy

over 1 year ago

Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme budget 'in line' with eligible calves

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has said that the current...

Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme budget 'in line' with eligible calves

Dairy

over 1 year ago

Breeding season: What were the trends?

Agriland spoke to a number of representatives from AI companies around the country to see what were...

Breeding season: What were the trends?

Beef

over 1 year ago

How much weight/day should dairy-beef calves be gaining?

Spring-born dairy-beef calves have predominantly all been weaned off milk and are now out at grass...

How much weight/day should dairy-beef calves be gaining?

Beef

over 1 year ago

Managing the transition for dairy-beef calves going to grass

Calves have been weaned off milk and have gone out to grass on many dairy-beef farms across the...

Managing the transition for dairy-beef calves going to grass

Agri Politics

over 1 year ago

Call for expansion of dairy beef scheme to support calf rearing

A fundamental overhaul of the Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme is immediately required, according to the...

Call for expansion of dairy beef scheme to support calf rearing

Beef Technical

over 1 year ago

Time to consider summer dosing for dairy beef animals

As the summer grazing season is now in full swing farmers are being urged to consider dosing...

Time to consider summer dosing for dairy beef animals

Dairy News

over 1 year ago

ICOS urges farmers to genotype for Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme

The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) is urging farmers to ensure they genotype or...

ICOS urges farmers to genotype for Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme

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