Beef
Beef Focus: Meath beef farm finishing 5,000 cattle/year
Based in Co. Meath, the Kepak Farm is a 320ha beef-finishing operation that buys in approximately 5,000 cattle/yr, mainly through...
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Beef Focus: Tidy calf-rearing setup on Tipperary beef farm
For this week’s Beef Focus, Agriland paid a visit to a calf-to-beef farm in Co. Tipperary. The Coady family are...
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Beef Focus: Suckler and sheep hill farming in Wicklow
Based in Kilcoagh, Donard, Co. Wicklow, Paddy and Fionnuala Tyrell are suckler and sheep farmers, calving a herd of commercial...
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Beef Focus: West of Ireland organic farm-to-fork business
Located on the shores of Lough Key, Co. Roscommon is Drumanilra Organic Farm owned by Liam and Justina Gavin. The...
Video
Understanding Commercial Beef Value (CBV) in calves
In this video Alan Dillon, DairyBeef 500 campaign manager, talks us through the Commercial Beef Value (CBV) tool. A new...
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Beef Focus: A move from dairy to Dexter on 20ac Westmeath farm
Based in north Westmeath, approximately three miles from Delvin, is pedigree Dexter breeder, columnist and all-round character Bernie Comaskey. Bernie,...
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Beef Focus: Sucklers, tillage and west of Ireland weanlings in Louth
Peter McEnaney is a suckler, beef and tillage farmer in Edmondstown, near Ardee, Co. Louth and has been farming since...
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Beef Focus: Modern pedigree Charolais operation in Cavan
For this week’s Beef Focus, Agriland paid a visit to a pedigree Charolais herd located on the Cavan-Meath border near...
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Beef focus: Young Monaghan farmer's model suckler setup
Suckler farming in Tullycorbet just outside Ballybay, Co. Monaghan, is Darrin Quinn and his father Vincent Quinn. Darrin is full-time...
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Beef Focus: How 'Herbie's Heifers' is growing its suckler customer base
Based in Cornafean, Co. Cavan, Herbie Griffith is a passionate part-time suckler farmer who is growing an enterprise that involves...
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Beef Focus revisit: Foyle's beef unit and 1,100ac research farm
As part of the Beef Focus Revisit series for the Christmas season, Agriland has taken a look back at some of the farmers involved...
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Beef Focus revisit: Suckler and sheep farming in stone wall country
As part of the Beef Focus Revisit series for the Christmas season, Agriland has taken a look back at some of the farmers involved...
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Beef Focus revisit: Breeding, rearing and processing rare breed beef at Killua Castle
As part of the Beef Focus Revisit series for the Christmas season, Agriland has taken a look back at some of the farmers involved...
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Beef Focus revisit: Finishing over 1,000 cattle/year buying no meal or fertiliser
As part of the Beef Focus Revisit series for the Christmas season, Agriland has taken a look back at some of the farmers involved...
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Beef Focus revisit: Making a hefty profit on 15-cow Sligo suckler farm
As part of the Beef Focus Revisit series for the Christmas season, Agriland has taken a look back at some...
Agri-Business
Prices for cattle to rise as milk will fall in 2023 - Teagasc
Milk prices are forecast to fall by 15% next year but cattle prices are forecast to increase, with average finished...
Beef
Beef Focus: Wexford farm finishing over 500 heifers for own use
Farming in Craanford, Co. Wexford, and surrounding areas, are brothers Paddy and Tommy Redmond. The pair own a diverse farming...
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Video: Foyle cattle finishing unit and 1,100ac research farm
For this week’s Beef Focus, Agriland visited Foyle Food Group’s ‘Farms of Excellence’ in Co. Tyrone. The overall farming operation...