Event Time 11am
Venue Johnstown Castle Research Farm, Co. Wexford
Venue Johnstown Castle Research Farm, Co. Wexford
DairyBEEF2019, a Dairy Calf to Beef Open Day, will take place on Tuesday, 21 May at Teagasc, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford.
- Systems & Economics Village
- Profitable dairy-beef production systems
Padraig French, Teagasc Moorepark - Dairy-beef performance under three stocking rate intensities
Wayne Hayes, Teagasc Johnstown Castle - Optimum early-maturing calf to beef systems
Rob Prendiville, Teagasc Grange - Production of spring born Holstein/Friesian steers
Eddie O’Riordan, Teagasc Grange
- Profitable dairy-beef production systems
- Genetics Village
- A dairy beef index (DBI) to rank beef bulls on profitability for use on dairy females
Noirin McHugh, Teagasc - Genetics can increase the profitability of a dairy beef system
Stephen Connolly, ABP/Teagasc - Genetic variability in beef merit of dairy cows
Alan Twomey, Teagasc Moorepark - Relationship between a sire’s terminal index and the performance of beef progeny from the dairy herd during the finishing period
Stephen Conroy, ICBF - The Gene Ireland Dairy Beef Breeding Programme
Ciaran Costello, ICBF - Genetics of carcass retail cut weights
Michelle Judge, Teagasc - High vs Low terminal index
Donal Fahey, Teagasc Grange
- A dairy beef index (DBI) to rank beef bulls on profitability for use on dairy females
- Calf Rearing/Calf Health Village
- Tackling the issue of antimicrobial resistance
Caroline Garvan/Julie Boltan - Performance – Rearing Period & First Grazing Season
Ruth Fennell & John Barry, Teagasc - Nutritional management of dairy bred beef calves
David Kenny, Teagasc Grange - Calf Housing
Tom Fallon, Teagasc Kildalton - Health of Dairy bred calves
Aidan Murray, Teagasc Grange - Calf disbudding and castration – welfare implications
Bernadette Earley, Teagasc Moorepark - Widespread anthelmintic resistance on dairy calf to beef farms
Orla Keane, Teagasc Grange - Factors to consider when buying calves
Sean Cummins, Teagasc Kildalton
- Tackling the issue of antimicrobial resistance
- Grassland Village
- Growing your potential: Grass-to-Beef
Nicky Byrne, Teagasc Grange - Quality silage in calf to beef systems: importance of getting it right
Brian Garry, Teagasc - Gaseous losses to the atmosphere
Dominika Krol, Teagasc - Efficient use of cattle slurry
David Wall, Teagasc - Grassland P&K planning on drystock farms
Mark Plunkett, Teagasc - Choosing the correct varieties to drive paddock performance
Tomas Turbitt, Teagasc - Farmland habitats will be an increasing important component of sustainability assessment
John Finn/Daire OhUallachain, Teagasc Johnstown Castle - Multi-species mixtures increase yield stability: research from Johnstown Castle
Guylain Grange/Saoirse Cummins, Teagasc - Grass10 – Beef Grassland Farmer of the Year – take home messages
John Watchorn, Fergus Bogue, Teagasc - Pre-grazing yield demonstration
John Maher, Teagasc - Land drainage design in Ireland
Pat Tuohy, Teagasc - Protected urea for maintaining yield with lower emissions
Patrick Forristal, Teagasc - Assessing and monitoring soil quality in Irish grassland soils
Giulia Bondi, Fiona Brennan, Teagasc - Water quality and sustainability
Eddie Burgess, Ian Fox, Teagasc - Nutri2cycle – recycling based fertiliser usage
SM Ashekuzzaman, Teagasc - Mitigating Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions by improved pH management of soils (MAGGE-pH)
Karl Richards & Ognjen Zurovec, Teagasc
- Growing your potential: Grass-to-Beef