Galway Future Beef farmer, Aonghusa Fahy, features on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to give an update on his farm system and management at weaning, plus he discusses the cattle from his farm that will be on the Teagasc stand at this year’s Ploughing Championships.
Even though the weather has been challenging the weanlings have still performed well, Aonghusa explains.
Weaning will take place in groups of 10. Concentrates have been fed to the calves for the past six weeks and they have been vaccinated to reduce stress at weaning.
A lot of rain has fallen in the west in the past few weeks, yet grass management on the farm is good although it has been hard to manage quality.
A steer and heifer from Aonghusa’s farm will be on display at the Teagasc stand at the National Ploughing Championships.
The heifer will be kept on the farm and put in calf next year to calve down at 24 months. Over the coming months it will be important to maximise performance over the winter period to ensure they achieve 0.6kg per head per day.