Beef farming

The latest beef and cattle farming news and beef prices from the Irish Farmers Journal. Keep up to date with all farming and production news developments in the beef and cattle farming sector.

Beef
Calf exports back on 2023 levels
Tommy Moyles
Demand from Spain is helping plug the gap in the number of calves sold to the Netherlands, according to the most figures available from Bord Bia.
Calf exports back on 2023 levels
 
 
Weather hinders calf exports
Beef
Weather hinders calf exports
Drystock farmers 'sleep walking' into nitrates penalties
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Drystock farmers 'sleep walking' into nitrates penalties
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Machinery
Tama brings new ‘plastic-type netting’ concept to the market
Machinery
Self-propelled baler gaining popularity in the States
VIDEOS
MANAGEMENT
Beef Management: breeding and meeting ANC requirements
Adam Woods
Beef Management: breeding and meeting ANC requirements
This week's Beef Management takes a look at timing of AI and stock bull fertility and ANC stocking rate requirements.
Be alert for grass tetany as grazing resumes
Kieran Mailey
Be alert for grass tetany as grazing resumes
Where suckler cows with calves at foot have been turned out to grass in recent days, make sure animals are well covered for magnesium to prevent tetany.
MARKETS
Jump in US beef imports forecast for 2024
Phelim O'Neill
Jump in US beef imports forecast for 2024
United States Department of Agriculture revises beef import forecast upwards as production in the US declines. Phelim O'Neill reports.
Fewer calves sent to factories
Adam Woods
Fewer calves sent to factories
Adam Woods has the latest on calf slaughtering figures and how they compare with previous years.
GRASS & FEEDING
The Grass Week: heavy covers causing headaches while others struggle for supply
Martin Merrick
The Grass Week: heavy covers causing headaches while others struggle for supply
Delayed turn-out has caused for some heavy covers to hit production on farms and what to do with these will depend on individual farms.
Improved conditions allow cattle back out
Martin Merrick
Improved conditions allow cattle back out
The past week or so has allowed many drystock farmers back out to grass for the first time since last October.
BREEDING & HEALTH
In pictures: Tullamore Charolais sale highlights
Shanon Kinahan
In pictures: Tullamore Charolais sale highlights
Shanon Kinahan takes a look back at the some of the highlights from the Charolais sale in Tullamore last weekend.
Fireball sets Kilmallock alight
Shanon Kinahan
Fireball sets Kilmallock alight
Shanon Kinahan was in Kilmallock Mart last Friday for the IHBS spring sale.
FARM PROGRAMMES
Breeding kicks off in Tullamore Farm
Martin Merrick
Breeding kicks off in Tullamore Farm
Breeding has begun on the beef suckler herd in Tullamore, while lambs receive their first run through the handling unit.
Footprint Farmers protect water quality with riparian zones
Emma Hart
Footprint Farmers protect water quality with riparian zones
'Riparian zone measures can offer farmers guaranteed income for land that is often wet or difficult to maintain, while also protecting water quality, reducing flood risk and boosting biodiversity'.
Spring planting finally under way in dry weather
Conor Kehoe
Spring planting finally under way in dry weather
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Derry, Cork, and Galway as farmers finally get an opportunity to get fieldwork done.
Turnout two months behind on Tullamore Farm
Adam Woods
Turnout two months behind on Tullamore Farm
Adam Woods has the latest from Tullamore Farm, the Irish Farmers Journal beef and sheep demonstration farm in Co Offaly.
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Upgrading barley yields with a new fungicide solutionSPONSORED
Upgrading barley yields with a new fungicide solution
Due to relentless wet weather, the spring of 2024 has proven to be an extremely testing time for growers.
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