The first of the 2025-born cattle were turned out to grass on February 20 on the ABP Demo Farm in Co. Carlow.
There are now over 70 cows calved on Wesley Browne's suckler farm in Co. Monaghan since calving began on February 20.
Beef
We speak to UCD PhD student Ciaran McGee from Trim, Co. Meath, who is researching the nutrition of dairy heifer calves and dairy-beef calves.
21 Mar 2026
Beef News
UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science lecturer Alan Kelly highlights maximising early calf live weight gain in dairy-beef systems.
19 Mar 2026
Agriland met up with professor of Ruminant Nutrition, Tommy Boland for an update on the UCD Long-Term Grazing Platform Study.
9 Mar 2026
On a visit to the UCD Lyons Farm, Agriland caught up with ABP's Aideen Bates to discuss the initiative sourcing calves for ABP suppliers.
7 Mar 2026
The 2026 spring-calving season is in full swing on John Twohigs' dairy and beef farm in Bandon, Co....
24 Feb 2026
The ABP Food Group Advantage Beef Programme team has highlighted a few points for farmers to consider before their calves arrive this spring.
14 Feb 2026
The autumn-2025-born calves are all weaned off milk and thriving well on Michael and Kieran Dunnes' dairy-beef farm near Trim, Co. Meath.
3 Feb 2026
All 2024-born dairy-beef cattle from Pat Carty's farm near Tobercurry in Co. Sligo achieved impressive grades, weights, and slaughter ages.
1 Feb 2026
Co. Kilkenny-based suckler beef farmer, Jimmy Madigan has secured just over €11,000 in grant aid...
31 Jan 2026
Sheep
Every year, the ABP Demo Farm runs a store lamb system alongside its dairy-calf-to-beef system on...
7 Jan 2026
ABP Demo Farm manager Sean Maher takes a look back at how 2025 went on the demo farm, with a focus on carcass weights, grades and calf growth,
5 Jan 2026
ABP's Aideen Bates takes a look at just some of the key initiatives facilitated by the Advantage Beef Programme in 2025.
4 Jan 2026
ABP Food Group farm liaison officer Sean Cassidy recently visited an under-16-month bull beef system on a suckler farm based in Co. Monaghan.
29 Dec 2025
In October, Agriland paid a visit to two young Co. Meath farmers to see how they are managing to buy calves with no up-front payment.
28 Dec 2025
In this update from the Co. Carlow ABP Demo Farm, we take a look at the performance of cattle slaughtered this autumn.
1 Dec 2025
Pat Carthy's farm is one of eight ABP Monitor Farms that are finishing cattle in a variety of systems and based around the country.
24 Nov 2025
An update on the performance of the cattle groups in the the UCD/ABP sward trial has been provided by Prof. Tommy Boland.
23 Nov 2025
A total of 164 of the 2024-born dairy-beef heifers on the ABP Demo Farm have now been...
16 Nov 2025
Farming outside Trim in Co. Meath is Michael Dunne, a dairy-calf-to-beef farmer rearing both autumn and spring-born calves
10 Nov 2025
The Dollard family farm in Urlingford, Co. Kilkenny was recently awarded the 'Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions' title....
28 Oct 2025
Agriland travelled to a dairy-beef farm in Trim, Co. Meath to meet a farmer who is availing of funding to install fencing along watercourses
27 Oct 2025
