The Beef Edge

Jan 30 2025 269 ep. 16 mins 46
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The Beef Edge is Teagasc’s podcast for all the latest news, information and advice for Irish beef farmers, presented by Catherine Egan. Visit the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/beef/the-beef-edge-podcast/

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The benefits & use of the new Mart Tracker and Commercial Beef Value (CBV)

Jan 30 2025 13 mins  
Chris Daly from ICBF joins Catherine Egan on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss the new Mart Tracker and the Commercial Beef Value (CBV). Chris outlines the benefit of the Mart Tracker and the impact that it will have for farmers. He also discusses the CBV and how important it is for farmers buying as well as selling calves and cattle overall. Chris describes the values f

Caring for the Newborn Calf (Preparing for Calving Pt 3)

Jan 21 2025 19 mins  
For the final part of our special series in advance of spring calving on the Beef Edge Podcast, Teagasc vet, John Donlon focuses on caring for the newborn calf. John discusses the importance of colostrum and the 1,2,3 of colostrum in which you use the first milk (colostrum) from the cow; feed the calf colostrum within the first two hours of birth; and calves must be offered at leas

Calving the Cow: the key things to be aware of (Preparing for Calving Pt 2)

Jan 14 2025 21 mins  
In advance of spring calving season, Teagasc Nutritionist Aisling Claffey, and Teagasc Researcher and Vet, John Donlon, join Catherine for a special three part series, and this week, for the second part, John Donlon focuses on calving the cow. John discusses the essentials that farmers can do to prepare and what items are essential to have ready and he outlines the key steps when i

Nutrition Pre and Post-Calving: what should I be feeding? (Preparing for Calving Pt 1)

Jan 07 2025 14 mins  
In advance of spring calving season, Teagasc Nutritionist, Aisling Claffey, and Teagasc Researcher and Vet, John Donlon, join Catherine Egan for a 3 part series on the Beef Edge podcast. On the first part, Aisling Claffey focuses on nutrition pre and post calving. Aisling explains how, at calving at this time of year, we see a lot of animal health problems. Obviously cow condition

Market Outlook for 2025

Dec 31 2024 10 mins  
Market intelligence specialist, Phelim O’Neill with the Irish Farmers Journal, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to reflect on 2024 and discuss the market outlook for 2025. Looking back on 2024, Phelim discusses the increase in price seen in all cattle categories. Even with this increase in price, there is still a difference between UK and Ireland prices. Phelim also comments

Newford Farm Review of the Year

Dec 17 2024 17 mins  
Michael Fagan, technician on the Newford demonstration farm in Co. Roscommon, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast with an update on the farm and a review of the year since moving from Athenry Co.Galway. Michael outlines how the move has been busy with repurposing sheds, reseeding, installing paddocks and water systems, all the while getting used to the overall change in location

Contract heifer rearing – Liam Cassin’s experience

Dec 10 2024 13 mins  
Kilkenny farmer Liam Cassin is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss his contract heifer rearing system. Liam moved from sheep to suckler cows and started contract heifer rearing 14 years ago. The steady monthly cashflow alongside the reduced financial input of purchasing stock are key benefits for Liam. Grassland management and a good paddock system are very important to

Fluke: why is it such a problem this year?

Dec 03 2024 11 mins  
Dr. Natascha Meunier, Beef HealthCheck Programme Manager, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss how to control liver fluke effectively and understand it better. Liver fluke is estimated to cost at least €90m to the Irish industry through reduced production and Natascha highlights how the incidence of liver fluke on this year’s Beef HealthCheck reports have doubled fr

Practical nutrient management solutions for your farm

Nov 26 2024 21 mins  
Teagasc research officer Dr. Patrick Forrestal, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss the practical nutrient management solutions that beef farmers can implement on their farms to increase efficiency, reduce costs and address environmental pressures facing the sector. This is a recording from the Teagasc National Beef Conference held on November 19th. Further details fro

Bonus Ep: The innovations on Future Beef suckler farms that are driving sustainability

Nov 22 2024 36 mins  
There’s a bonus Beef Edge episode this week with Future Beef programme manager, Martina Harrington, discussing the innovations on Future Beef suckler farms which are driving sustainability. This is a recording from the Teagasc National Beef Conference held on November 19th. Further details from Martina’s presentation are available at: Paper: Driving Sustainability Innovations o