Beef Technical
Many farms rearing calves are at a stage where calves are eating sufficient amounts of dry feed and are ready to be weaned off milk replacer.
Beef
A sustainability bonus and access to a farm liaison team were some of the main reasons David Craig joined ABP's Advantage Beef Programme.
Beef News
Advantage Beef Programme staff Stephen Connolly and Sean Maher demonstrate the weight difference in 2 dairy-beef heifers with different sires.
The Artificial Insemination (AI) and stock bulls used on cows this breeding season will influence the genetic merit of the 2024 calf crop.
ABP's Advantage team is set to feature a series of articles which will highlight aspects of sustainability in dairy calf to beef production.
Video
Advantage Spring Dairy Beef Series - ABP - Sustainability Bonus
At this time of the year, breeding decisions are being made on spring-calving dairy farms across the country and the artificial insemination (AI) and stockbulls used will influence the genetic merit of the 2024 national calf crop. The use of sexed semen is increasing and a greater focus is being placed on using high-genetic-merit beef bulls that have an acceptable level of calving difficulty and gestation length, but will produce a saleable calf with a good beef value. As part of the Advantage Spring Dairy-Beef Series, ABP Food Group’s Advantage Beef Programme farm liaison officer Oisin Lynch has explained how sire information...
Advantage Spring Dairy Beef Series - ABP
Advantage Beef Program - ABP
