Beef
Based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Duncan Morrison is a farmer who, at 25-years-old, made the move to establish his own suckler herd.
The spring calving season is fast approaching on both suckler and dairy farms across Ireland and is a high-risk period for farmer safety.
The importance of ensuring in-calf sucklers have access to sufficient protein and minerals in feed was highlighted in a Teagasc webinar.
One speakers at the 2025 Teagasc National Beef Conference called for a round of applause for "any suckler-beef farmers who stayed at it".
John O'Hanlon runs an organic suckler farm in Co. Longford with the help of his wife Stephanie and three children
The 2025 Beef Calving Statistics report from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) provides...
A breeding heifer payment is needed to encourage farmers to breed additional heifers, the manager of one Co. Kerry-based mart has said
Marts in key suckler-bred weanling producing regions of Ireland have seen over half the weanling bulls being purchased for overseas markets
The time of the year for suckler farmers to wean spring-born calves is fast approaching and, like...
The Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) has been subject to criticism from farm lobby groups and suckler farmers since roll out
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has called for disbudding and dehorning of calves in the beef sector to be avoided "if possible".
Year four of the five-year SCEP started on July 1, and weighing cow-calf pars is a core action of this scheme making up 20% of the yearly farmer payment.
Less than 20% of all suckler-bred calves born in Ireland are bred from AI sires, with the rest bred from stock bulls, according to Teagasc.
ICBF CEO Sean Coughlan has confirmed that the economic values of the Euro-Star indices will be updated in the summer, later this year.
The best method of getting pre-calving minerals into suckler cows was discussed on a Teagasc webinar on cow management ahead of calving.
Suckler farmers in the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) or their advisors now have access to amend their 2025 reference number.
Payments for scheme year two of the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) have commenced today Thursday, December 5.
Beef Focus
Earlier last month, Agriland paid a visit to Tullow, Co. Carlow, to the suckler and dairy-beef farm of former Irish and...
Rural Life
Upland farmers are more economically challenged but also have opportunities to diversify into ecological services, a meeting has heard.
Suckler farmers are in the business of breeding and producing livestock and will know the importance of genetics in the success of...
This time of the year sees suckler farmers weaning calves from their cows and reducing stress in livestock during...
Two heifers made €5,600 and €5,500 respectively at a special breeding heifer sale which took place at Balla Mart...
One of the farm visits at the recent Sommet de l'Élevage show in France was to a 65 cow pedigree herd that was milking Salers suckler cows...
