{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Beef Edge","title":"Breeding, Silage and Beef Performance with Future Beef Farmer John Dunne","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1500,"description":"Future Beef programme farmer, John Dunne, from Co.Offaly  is on the Beef Edge podcast this week to give an update into his suckler beef and dairy beef finishing systems, the breeding season, their grassland management and the upcoming National Beef Open Day taking place on 5th June.\n \nJohn farms alongside his son James just outside Portarlington, operating a highly profitable and progressive beef system, combining 79 suckler cows with a dairy calf-to-beef enterprise where 140 dairy calves are purchased annually and brought right through to finish or stores under 24 months of age .\n \nJohn discusses breeding season and the use of AI on the farm and the difficulty of managing grass in the current weather conditions. \n \nSilage will be harvested this week on the farm and John outlines the management of the dairy beef calves up to weaning and the importance of visually assessing calf health in addition to  the management of health and nutrition on farm. \n \nThe farm borders the River Barrow catchment area and John explains the range of key measures being adopted on the farm to improve water quality.\n \nThe Future Beef National Open Day takes place on Friday 5th June @ 6:30p and fo further details go to: \nhttps://teagasc.ie/event/futurebeef-farm-walk-john-and-james-dunne/\n \nFor more episodes from the Beef Edge podcast, visit the show page at:\nhttps://www.teagasc.ie/thebeefedge\n \nProduced on behalf of Teagasc by LastCastMedia.com  \n ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/sOijP5GJfyC4Db55cdiuLC4kRsO9WtUllrT_cRU3JSQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEwOTA0LzE1OTAw/NzI0MzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}