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Growth Watch: Maximising graze-outs for April to enhance grass quality

Growth Watch: Maximising graze-outs for April to enhance grass quality
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Teagasc Green Acres farm profit improves in 2020

By Alan Dillon, Teagasc Drystock Specialist/Green Acres Programme Manager The Teagasc Green Acres Dairy Calf to Beef programme finished its second year on December 31, 2020. Profitability has improved across most of the programme farms for 2020 with an average net profit of €455/ha recorded. No subsidies of any description are included in the figures quoted. There is big variation in the level of profit between these 12 farms with the highest level of profit being €1,140/ha and the lowest being €18/ha. The average grassland stocking rate across all the farms was 2.31 LU/ha while a gross output of 1,284 kg of live weight per hectare was achieved.

Weather conditions resulted in variable start - Green Acres farmer

April 6, 2021, 6:00 am It is clear how the weather impacted on the start of the grazing season for many beef farmers and one such farmer included Green Acres farmer, Michael Culhane from Co. Clare. A participant in the Teagasc Green Acres progamme, calf-to-beef farmer Michael noted how the weather this spring was quite variable for trying to get paddocks fully grazed off. On February 28, he let his 110 yearling cattle out but following a change in weather and paddocks getting wet, a week later he was forced to rehouse half of the group. Speaking about the latest situation with grazing on the farm, Michael stated:

Green Acres: The relationship between calf purchase price and carcass value

March 7, 2021, 6:10 am By Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Programme advisor Seán Cummins In calf-to-beef systems, the margins for ensuring any levels of profitability are based on maximising animal performance efficiency and minimising unnecessary financial costs. An analysis of the slaughter performance of animals produced on the Teagasc Green Acres farms was compiled earlier this year, which examined the physical (carcass weight, grade and fat scores) and financial performance (€/kg) of animals slaughtered over the course of 2020. Calf purchase price vs carcass value To delve further into this data and to understand the relationship between the calf purchase price and carcass value, the 2018 calf purchase values have been compiled and presented as a percentage of the total carcass value in table 1 (below).

Facts and figures: What are the true costs involved in setting up a paddock system on your farm

Facts and figures: What are the true costs involved in setting up a paddock system on your farm
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