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Meet the beef finalists in the Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year awards
Aidan Brennan
Aidan Brennan profiles the three beef farmer finalists in the 2024 Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year awards.
9 April 2025 News
CAP Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme opens to new applicants
The announcement follows on from the recent opening of the Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme and offers farmers an opportunity to draw down a support payment of up to €1,000 per herd.
9 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Suckler decline will continue, says expert
The number of suckler cows has been trending consistently downwards in recent years.
Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme opens to new applicants
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon announced the reopening of the scheme, which has a budget of €25m over four years until 2027 and is co-funded by the European Union.
9 April 2025 News
Brisk Nenagh trade sees top call of €7,800 for Appel bull
Nevan Mc Kiernan reports on the Irish Hereford Breed Society show and sale of bulls at Central Auctions, Nenagh.
7 April 2025 Pedigree
New dairy-beef weighing scheme must be built on – IFA
Scheme must be built on to adequately support farmers making long-term investments in rearing beef calves from the dairy herd.
2 April 2025 News
New venture into rearing dairy-beef calves
Co Down farmer, Derek Robinson, has bought some Hereford-cross drop calves.
2 April 2025 Farmer Writes
Farm Tech Talk: dairy-beef calves, sheep schemes and milk quota
On the agenda this week, we chat about the popularity of rearing dairy-beef calves, updates on schemes and 10 years on from when the milk quota brakes came off.
28 March 2025 News
Pedigree breeders splash out at Hereford premier
Nevan McKiernan reports on the premier Hereford show and sale of bulls, which took place at Golden Vale Mart, Tullamore, on Saturday.
26 March 2025 Pedigree
Grass supplies, castration and new dairy beef weighing scheme
Adam Woods takes a look at grass supplies, castration and the new dairy beef weighing scheme that opened up recently, in this week's beef management notes.
26 March 2025 Markets
Top 10 dairy-beef calf rearing tips
Adam Woods takes a look at some calf rearing tips for farmers rearing dairy beef calves
26 March 2025 Management
€20/calf dairy-beef weighing scheme returns
The scheme offers farmers a payment of €20 per eligible calf up to a maximum of 50 calves in return for recording and submitting weights to ICBF
26 March 2025 News