Beef
ABP Demo Farm: Rearing 340 calves and getting cattle to grass
The last of the 2022-born cattle on the ABP Demo Farm were turned out to grass on Wednesday, April 5....
Advantage Beef Programme
Beef News
Farmers supplying ABP and Aurivo team up to boost calf quality
Calf-to-beef farmers who are members of ABP Food Group’s Advantage Beef Programme have joined forces with dairy farmers who are...
Beef
Beef Focus: Tidy calf-rearing setup on Tipperary beef farm
For this week’s Beef Focus, Agriland paid a visit to a calf-to-beef farm in Co. Tipperary. The Coady family are...
Beef
ABP Demo Farm: Calves arrive and cattle grazing continues
Although weather conditions have taken a turn over the past week, the ABP Demo Farm in Co. Carlow took advantage...
Beef
Checklist and tips for farmers rearing calves this spring
Over 730,000 calves have been born on Irish dairy farms so far this year. With the 2023 spring-calving season now...
Beef
ABP Demo Farm: 2022-born cattle gaining 1kg/day over winter
The 2022-born calves were weighed on the ABP Demo Farm earlier this month and ABP Food Groups’ Advantage Beef Programme...
Agri-Business
ABP Demo Farm: Tips for rearing beef calves this spring
Preparation work is well underway on the ABP Demo Farm ahead of the arrival of approximately 400 head of 2023-born...
Beef
Tips on buying good calves for a beef system
Selecting the right calf genetics and enquiring about cow type and sire indexes are key components to running a profitable...
Beef
Beef focus: Young Monaghan farmer's model suckler setup
Suckler farming in Tullycorbet just outside Ballybay, Co. Monaghan, is Darrin Quinn and his father Vincent Quinn. Darrin is full-time...
Beef
Video: Comparing 2 Angus dairy-beef carcasses at ABP Slaney
As part of the Advantage Beef Programme series, ABP’s agri-sustainability manager Stephen Connolly has demonstrated the impact of sire selection...
Beef
Video: Sire impact on weight gain of dairy-beef heifers
Calf-to-beef farmers often encounter cases where batches of even calves are purchased on farm and when these cattle are fit...
Beef
Cattle sired by low-index bulls to miss out on new 20c/kg bonus
Cattle that are born from January 1, 2023 onwards and are sired by bulls with a low beef sub-index value...
Agri-Business
ABP Food Group offering soil sampling service to farmers
ABP Food Group is now offering a soil sampling service to all its farmer suppliers, both Advantage Beef Programme members...
Beef
Reminder - ABP calf-rearing event set for Limerick this evening
The ABP Food Group Advantage Beef Programme team is set to host its final calf-rearing information evening in Co. Limerick....
Beef
Final ABP calf-rearing event set for Limerick next week
ABP Food Group’s Advantage Beef Programme’s team is set to host its final calf-rearing information evening in Co. Limerick next...
Beef
ABP Demo Farm: Cutting meal bills while boosting cattle thrive
The ABP Demo Farm in Co. Carlow has been examining ways to reduce its requirement for imported protein in the...
Beef
Silage analysis on beef farms shows variation in dry matter content
The silage test results from the Advantage Beef Programme’s monitor farms have shown a significant variation in dry matter (DM)...
Beef
ABP Demo Farm: Cattle and store lamb performance update
All of the 2021-born livestock have now been sent for processing on the ABP Demo Farm and things have started...
