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Beef Management: autumn bulls, frost tips and last date for suckler roadshow
Adam Woods
This week beef editor Adam Woods takes a look at autumn bull management, feeding weanlings, dealing with frost on beef farms and previews next week's IFJ suckler mart event in Kerry.
2 October 2024 Management
Beef Management: buying weanlings, dehorning and Bluetongue threat
Adam Woods takes a look at buying in weanlings, dehorning autumn born calves, lungworm issues and looking out for Bluetongue.
18 September 2024 Markets
Over €6/kg required for winter finishers
Adam Woods reports on Teagasc publishing their Winter finishing budgets this week
Martbids Database: exporters and bull beef finishers battle for numbers
Top-end weanlings are the talk of trade at the minute, as numbers seemingly fail to satisfy demand.
21 August 2024 Markets
Camera at the Mart: farmers compete with exporters in Ennis
While exporters have dominated the weanling bull trade over the summer, farmers have started to become more active recently, according Ennis Mart manager Martin McNamara.
21 August 2024 Markets
No end to the scale of beef production in Brazil
Managing grass in Brazil follows the same principles as our lush pastures in Ireland but it has some added complexities, writes Michael Martin.
21 August 2024 Feature
Breeding plan and performance in focus at open day
Adam Woods previews what will be on display in terms of breeding and animal performance at next week’s suckler and sheep open day on Tullamore Farm.
17 July 2024 Breeding & health
Discussion forums at BEEF2024 open day
There are a number of discussion forums that are taking place at BEEF 2024 on dairy beef, suckler beef and wider industry issues.
23 June 2024 Breeding & health