May 12, 2021, 6:10 am
In conjunction with their weekly Monday sale of suckler cows and weanlings, Tullamore Mart played host to a special dispersal sale entry on May 10.
Agriland made the trip down to the Offaly-based Mart this week to watch the demand for some quality suckler pairings as they passed through the ring.
Topping the sale at €2,400 was an eye-catching pair consisting of a young 2016-born Charolais cow with a nice quality Limousin bull calf-at-foot. She was deemed a pre-sale favourite by viewers on Monday evening.
Limousin cow and calf topped the sell out at a price of €2,400
The prices ranged from €2,400/pair back to €1,320/pair – with the cows being born from 2018 back to 2012. A good proportion of the cows were also scanned back in-calf to a Charolais stock bull.
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March 13, 2021, 3:00 pm
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has released the rankings of bulls that sired the most calves born from July 1, 2020 through to December 31, 2020.
For the second half of 2020, a total of 182,378 head of beef calves (beef sire crossed on a beef dam) were born on Irish farms – which saw 44,367 calves being sired by an AI bull.
The two breeds coming out as dominent in the top 10 ranking are both Charolais and Limousin. The 60:40 ratio sees six Charolais bulls and four Limousin bulls on this list.
These 10 bulls account for 30% of all the AI progeny born in the second half of 2020.
BEEF Michael Carey
February 7, 2021, 6:00 am
Producing quality cattle is the drive for success on the farm of Owen O’Neill, which is located in Bagnelstown, Co. Carlow.
The farm is operating both commercial suckler-to-beef and suckler-weanling enterprises – with a strong herd of 70 early-spring calving suckler cows consisting of Limousin, Charolais, Belgian Blue and Simmental crosses to boast.
AgriLand spoke with Owen recently to get an insight into how his vision of breeding the right type of beef animal is on the list of priorities.
Owen O’Neill
Farm overview
Owen has been running his beef herd for over 20 years when he took over from his father Michael back in 2001.