Person: Pearse Kelly

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business

Teagasc appoint cattle experts

Teagasc has appointed two new cattle specialists, Martina Harrington to cover the South East and Catherine Egan in the West and Midlands region.

news

'Where's the beef?': All you need to know about the farmer protests

farming

Tried and tested technology for calf rearers

farming

IFA: Meat factory price cuts are opportunistic

farming

Teagasc: Better breeding can cushion hard times

farming

Don’t buy any old bull; check figures

Implementing research findings ‘can boost profits for beef farmers’

Beef farmers can boost their profits by implementing the findings of scientific research into their production plans, said newly appointed Teagasc cattle knowledge transfer specialist James Keane.

Thu, 18 Sep, 2014

Teagasc gives livestock farmers advice on maximising profit margin

Livestock farmers can make a similar profit margin per hectare from beef-bred dairy calves as from sucklers, but only off excellent grassland management systems.

Thu, 10 Oct, 2013

Emerald Expo 2012, now bigger and better

The Emerald Expo 2012 is now one of the great landmark shows on the annual agricultural calendar organised by the Irish Holstein Friesian Association in association with Alltech Ireland.

Thu, 28 Jun, 2012

Suckler herd fertility targets set

Pearse Kelly of Teagasc has urged suckler farmers to focus on key fertility targets — calving interval and spread, and calves per cow per year.

Thu, 23 Feb, 2012

Make most of grass

Many beef farm have carried a reasonable cover of grass over the winter to be grazed by stock this spring.

Thu, 09 Feb, 2012

Beef production and marketing event at Fermoy next Wednesday

“IS there a profit? You decide”, is the presentation by John Horgan and James Fleming of Teagasc at next Wednesday’s beef production and marketing event in Corrin Mart, Fermoy, starting at 7pm.

Thu, 20 Oct, 2011

Rearing male dairy calves to bulls could boost exports by €120m

REARING the 320,000 male dairy calves produced annually into bulls could add €120 million to the value of annual Irish agricultural exports, attendees heard at the joint Teagasc and Dawn Meats conference.

Thu, 11 Nov, 2010

32,000 beef farmers participate in training for animal welfare scheme

MORE than 32,000 beef farmers have participated in the Teagasc training sessions required for the suckler cow animal welfare scheme.

Tue, 13 Jan, 2009

€400/ha profit gap for suckler herds

THE difference in net profit between the top and poorest-performing suckler beef herds is €400 per hectare, figures from the Teagasc National Farm Survey reveal.

Wed, 12 Sep, 2007

Fixed cost can erode margins on struggling cattle farms

FINANCIAL health checks have been recommended for the country’s struggling cattle farms.

Thu, 13 Feb, 2003