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DairyBeef 500 farmer, Pat Collins, on his dairy calf-to-beef system

DairyBeef 500 farmer, Pat Collins, from Castlemarter Co. Cork, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to give his personal experiences of his dairy calf to beef system, management on the farm and his upcoming open day.   This year there were 300 calves reared on the farm. Pat discusses how his beef system has changed over the years.   It’s been a difficult few months weather wise and Pat describes how he is managing grass on the farm and red clover swards.  He also outlines how the bulls are being managed at their finishing stage.   Pat will host an open day on September 12th at 5pm with a live forum in which Chris Daly, from ICBF, will discuss the new Commercial Breeding Value; Martin Kavanagh, from Munster Bovine, will discuss animal health issues; while Laurence Shalloo, Teagasc, will give his views on the future of the dairy industry and the outlook/options for dairy calves being produced in the future.   The forum will be chaired by Doreen Corridan, Munster Bovine. Further details available at:  https://www.teagasc.ie/news--events/n...   For more episodes from the Beef Edge podcast, visit the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/thebeefedge Produced on behalf of Teagasc by LastCastMedia.com (https://www.lastcastmedia.com/)