Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Having largely being turned out to grass, a priority is to ensure dairy-beef calves continue to perform over the first grazing season.
Maintaining calf performance at grass centres on doing the basics well in terms of grassland management, concentrate supplementation, health planning and observation. Hitting growth rates in the first grazing season leads to easier to finish, more efficient and profitable systems.
Watch this short clip where, Alan Dillon, DairyBeef 500 Manager, discusses the key factors in maintaining dairy beef calf performance at grass during the first grazing season.
Read more here https://teagasc.ie/news--events/daily/8-steps-to-keep-dairy-beef-calves-performing-at-grass/
Having largely being turned out to grass, a priority is to ensure dairy-beef calves continue to perform over the first grazing season.
Maintaining calf performance at grass centres on doing the basics well in terms of grassland management, concentrate supplementation, health planning and observation. Hitting growth rates in the first grazing season leads to easier to finish, more efficient and profitable systems.
Watch this short clip where, Alan Dillon, DairyBeef 500 Manager, discusses the key factors in maintaining dairy beef calf performance at grass during the first grazing season.
Read more here https://teagasc.ie/news--events/daily/8-steps-to-keep-dairy-beef-calves-performing-at-grass/
