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Newford Farm Update & Preview of the Open Day
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:16:54
Publish Date: 2023-05-17 05:00:00
Description:

Donall Fahy from Newford Farm joins Catherine Egan on this week’s Beef Edge podcast with an update on the Newford Farm and to preview the upcoming open day on Tuesday 23rd May from 2-6 pm. 

 

Donall discusses the busy breeding season with 100% AI being used on the farm at the moment. 

 

He outlines the sires being used on the farm and selection criteria being used to select these sires. 

 

Grassland management has been difficult on the farm this Spring and Donall discusses this in detail .

 

With the open day around the corner, Donall highlights that open day will focus on all the changes and lessons learned since the project was initially set up in 2015.

 

Topics covered on the day will include:

- System Overview

- Breeding & Genetics

- Sustainability practices

- Grassland management

 

For further details:

https://www.teagasc.ie/news--events/daily/beef/diary-date-major-open-day-at-newford.php

 

 

For more episodes from the Beef Edge podcast, visit the show page at:
https://www.teagasc.ie/thebeefedge 

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