The Beef Edge

• Future Beef farmer, Proinnsias Creedon, on managing grass this spring

  Teagasc Future Beef farmer, Proinnsias Creedon, and his advisor, James Mullane, are on this week’s Beef Edge Podcast with an update on the farm and how Proinnsias is managing grass this spring.  Proinnsias also explains his calf-to-beef system and how he manages balancing working off farm. The excellent paddock system on the farm has been a big benefit to improving his grazing management and Proinnsias discusses spring grazing and his plan in the coming weeks. Proinnsias is hosting a spring grass walk on his farm on 26th March @ 3pm, while Future Beef farmer, Cathal Irwin, from Castlebar, Co. Mayo, will also host a walk on his farm on Friday 28th March @ 5pm. For more details go to:https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/beef/demonstration-farms/future-beef-programme/events  For more episodes from the Beef Edge podcast, visit the show page at:https://www.teagasc.ie/thebeefedge Produced on behalf of Teagasc by LastCastMedia.com  

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• Reviewing the 2024 profitability of the Future Beef Programme

  Teagasc Future Beef programme advisor, Aisling Molloy, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to give an update on the Future Beef programme and to review profitability for 2024.   Aisling first discusses the plan at the moment to get cattle to grass across the country.  On review of the eProfit Monitor, the profitability for farmers in the programme has increased in 2024. But there is huge variation depending on the system and the investment in fixed costs on the farm.  The main focus for the year ahead is to increase output per livestock unit and increase fertiliser and slurry utilisation while increasing daily liveweight gains from grass.   Some of the farms are using AI and stock bulls and preparation is underway for breeding.  The Future Beef Webinar series, starts on 18th March at 8pm, runs every Tuesday for 3 weeks. With an exciting line up of speakers, Aisling highlights what can farmers can expect. For more, go to:https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/beef/demonstration-farms/future-beef-programme/events/ For more episodes from the Beef Edge podcast, visit the show page at:https://www.teagasc.ie/thebeefedge Produced on behalf of Teagasc by LastCastMedia.com  

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• March Grass Management Tips

  Grass10 Advisor Niamh Doyle has her grass management tips for the month ahead. Niamh discusses turn out of cattle and the spring rotation plan on farms and she highlights the key targets this spring. Niamh encourages farmers to apply slurry on soils that require Phosphorus and Potassium, particularly the silage ground. Based on soil samples and a nutrient management plan Niamh also discusses chemical fertiliser applications in the weeks' ahead. You can subscribe to the Grass10 newsletter here:https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/grassland/grass10/grass10-enewsletter/ For more episodes from the Beef Edge podcast, visit the show page at:https://www.teagasc.ie/thebeefedge Produced on behalf of Teagasc by LastCastMedia.com

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• Parasite control and anthelmintic resistance

  Teagasc Researcher, Orla Keane, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss parasite control and anthelmintic resistance.  Orla highlights the importance of reviewing your farm health plan at this time of year and she discusses the project that she is involved in called the, ‘Managing Anthelmintic Resistance in Cattle Sustainably' (MARCS) project. MARCS is a collaborative project between Teagasc, University College Dublin, Queen’s University Belfast, Animal Health Ireland and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Its aims are to determine the extent of resistance to wormers on Irish cattle farms; identify major risk factors for the development of resistance so we can target mitigation strategies; and use models of worm population dynamics to apply sustainable parasite control to Irish farms. Farmers can participate directly or vets can recruit their clients as participants. Testing is the only way to know if a wormer is highly effective as other methods identify resistance too late. By participating in the MARCS project, valuable information about the anthelmintic resistance status of your farm or your clients’ farms will be obtained. The test for resistance is a faecal egg count reduction test (FECRT). This test involves collecting individual faecal samples from a cohort of calves before and after wormer treatment and submission of the samples to the laboratory. A short survey on parasite control practices must also be completed.  Full guidance on the testing protocol will be provided and the sample testing will be provided free of charge. If you are interested in testing for anthelmintic resistance on your farm or in recruiting your farmer clients to test for resistance, complete the form by clicking the button below, or contact [email protected] Click here to get involved in the MARCS project:https://form.jotform.com/243186865978377  For more episodes from the Beef Edge podcast, visit the show page at:https://www.teagasc.ie/thebeefedge Produced on behalf of Teagasc by LastCastMedia.com  

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• Fergal Maguire’s advice for milk replacer feeding

  Teagasc DairyBeef 500 advisor, Fergal Maguire, discusses key tips around milk replacer to maximise performance on this week’s Beef Edge podcast. Fergal explains the pros and cos around skim based or whey based milk replacer before outlining the concentrate of replacer and its components. Temperature of milk is very important, he says, as well as consistency of feeding at the same time daily.  Fergal also discusses the feeding of calves once a day after 4 weeks of age and how a farmer can best manage this transition to avoid any setbacks in animal performance.  For more episodes from the Beef Edge podcast, visit the show page at:https://www.teagasc.ie/thebeefedge Produced on behalf of Teagasc by LastCastMedia.com 

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