The Beef Edge

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1. Repost: Matt Dempsey on Brazilian beef and the future of the Irish beef industry

   24 Dec 2025 · 31 min · Episode 320

   For this special Christmas episode of The Beef Edge, we’re re-visiting our 300th episode of the podcast that was recorded earlier this year with Matt Dempsey, whose career spans multiple decades and various roles in…

2. Bluetongue Explained: What Beef Farmers Need to Know

   18 Dec 2025 · 25 min · Episode 319

   For a special joint podcast on bluetongue, with Stuart Childs from the Dairy Edge and Ciaran Lynch from Ovicast, this week’s Beef Edge is joined by vet John Donlon to find out more about bluetongue. Primarily…

3. The latest research findings from the Derrypatrick herd

   11 Dec 2025 · 23 min · Episode 318

   Dr. Paul Crosson, Beef Enterprise Leader, Teagasc Grange, is on this week’s Beef Edge to discuss the latest research being carried out in 2025 and the plans for 2026. Pauls highlights the current research underway on…

4. Understanding the New Vet Med Regulations

   3 Dec 2025 · 16 min · Episode 317

   Rebecca Fitzpatrick, Superintending Veterinary Inspector with the Department of Agriculture, outlines the changes affecting beef and sheep farms this year on this week’s joint Beef Edge and OviCast podcast. From 1st…

5. Boosting Beef Performance with Oats

   26 Nov 2025 · 11 min · Episode 316

   Ronan Lynch, agronomist with Deeside Agri, and suckler and beef finisher, Brian Kirk from Co. Louth, are on this week’s Beef Edge to discuss the opportunity of using native grains in rations. Ronan explains that of…

6. The Challenge of High Beef Prices

   20 Nov 2025 · 10 min · Episode 315

   Rupert Claxton, Meat & Livestock Director, GIRA, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast discussing the global outlook for the beef industry. Rupert highlights that the supply of beef is tight, while demand from the…

7. Efficiency That Pays: Grass, Breeding & Better Results with John Barry

   12 Nov 2025 · 12 min · Episode 314

   With the Teagasc National Beef Conference taking place on Tuesday, the 18th of November at the Raheen Woods Hotel in Athenry, County Galway, Future Beef farmer, John Barry from Nenagh, County Tipperary, is on this…

8. A Preview of the 2025 National Beef Conference

   5 Nov 2025 · 22 min · Episode 313

   Pearse Kelly, Teagasc’s Head of Drystock, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to give an insight into what’s in store at the Teagasc National Beef Conference which is taking place on 18th November in the Raheen Woods…

9. Getting Winter Ready Part 3: Health at Housing

   29 Oct 2025 · 13 min · Episode 312

   For the final part of the special series, ‘Getting Winter Ready’, Natascha Meunier from Animal Health Ireland is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss ‘Health at Housing’. As always, there are liver and rumen…

10. John Maher’s Monthly Grass Management Tips

    25 Oct 2025 · 8:27 · Episode 311

    Grass10 Manager, John Maher, joins Catherine Egan on the latest Beef Edge with grassland management tips for the month ahead. John discusses current grazing conditions and explains the different scenarios across the…

11. Getting Winter Ready Part 2: Nutrition

    22 Oct 2025 · 17 min · Episode 310

    James Strain, nutritionist with Inishowen Co-op, is on this week’s Beef Edge Podcast to discuss ‘Winter Nutrition’. James highlights the importance of a good herd health plan which is key before looking at nutrition…

12. Getting Winter Ready Part 1: Reach for the measuring tape before housing stock

    15 Oct 2025 · 18 min · Episode 309

    In the first part of a three-part series, ‘Getting Winter Ready’, on the Beef Edge, Teagasc Beef Specialist, Niall Kerins, discusses ‘Winter Housing’. Housing is a key part of maximising winter performance, farmers…

13. Beef markets and budgets with David Argue

    8 Oct 2025 · 18 min · Episode 308

    Teagasc Beef Specialist, David Argue, is on this week’s Beef Edge Podcast to discuss beef markets and budgets. David outlines current beef markets and highlights the national weekly kill has risen in the last week of…

14. Financial planning & managing cash flow for the rest of the year

    1 Oct 2025 · 14 min · Episode 307

    IFAC Accountant, Trevor Boland, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss financial planning and managing cash flow for the rest of the year. Suckler and beef farmers are currently receiving higher prices than…

15. Why you need a farm succession plan

    24 Sep 2025 · 38 min · Episode 306

    Teagasc Farm Management specialist, James McDonnell, and Succession Ireland mediator, Clare O’Keeffe, join Catherine Egan and Ciaran Lynch on this week’s joint episode of the Beef Edge podcast and Ovicast to discuss…

16. John Maher’s Monthly Grass Management Tips

    20 Sep 2025 · 12 min · Episode 305

    Grass10 Manager, John Maher, joins Catherine Egan for this month's Grass10 update and he discusses the situation across the country, outlining the actions to take to develop an autumn rotation plan on farms Red/Yellow…

17. Update from the Derrypatrick Herd

    17 Sep 2025 · 14 min · Episode 304

    Teagasc Researcher, Peter Doyle, is on this week’s Beef Edge Podcast with an update on breeding performance and grassland management for the Derrypatrick herd. Peter discusses this year’s calves’ performance and…

18. Matt Dempsey on Brazilian beef and the future of the Irish beef industry

    10 Sep 2025 · 32 min · Episode 303

    On this special 300th episode of the Beef Edge podcast, Matt Dempsey, whose career spans multiple decades and various roles in agricultural journalism and beyond joins host Catherine Egan. Matt has been instrumental…

19. The Beef Welfare Scheme – what you need to know

    3 Sep 2025 · 15 min · Episode 302

    Margaret Brennan, Assistant Principal Officer over Beef Schemes with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss the new Beef Welfare Scheme announced recently and…

20. DairyBeef 500 farmer, Peter O'Hanrahan, explains his farm system

    27 Aug 2025 · 13 min · Episode 301

    DairyBeef 500 farmer, Peter O'Hanrahan from Co. Kilkenny, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss his dairy beef system, grassland management on the farm and the upcoming farm walk taking place. Peter explains…

21. Michael Biggins on his spring calving suckling to weanling system

    20 Aug 2025 · 18 min · Episode 300

    Future Beef farmer, Michael Biggins from Co Mayo, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss his suckler beef system, weanling management on the farm and the upcoming farm walk taking place on his farm. Michael…

22. John Maher’s August Grass Management Tips

    16 Aug 2025 · 9:40 · Episode 299

    Grass10 Manager, John Maher, joins Catherine Egan on the latest Beef Edge with grassland management tips for the month ahead. John discusses current grazing conditions and explains the different scenarios across the…

23. Drystock Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year, Peter Byrne, on his Dairy Beef System

    13 Aug 2025 · 17 min · Episode 298

    The winner of the Drystock Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year, Peter Byrne from Co Kildare, and Dairy Beef 500 advisor, Fergal Maguire, are on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss Peter’s dairy beef system,…

24. How to increase efficiency and reduce emissions

    6 Aug 2025 · 18 min · Episode 297

    Teagasc Climate and Sustainability advisor, Enda Geoghegan from Ballina Co. Mayo, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss actions implemented on farms that increase efficiency while reducing emissions and the…

25. The Long Established Young Farmer scheme & update on scheme deadlines

    30 Jul 2025 · 14 min · Episode 296

    Teagasc Head of Schemes Support Unit, Aidan Murray, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast with an update on the upcoming scheme deadlines and the newly launched Long Established Young Farmer scheme. The maximum payment…

26. The benefits of joining the National Genotyping Programme

    23 Jul 2025 · 13 min · Episode 295

    Mark Waters from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss the National Genotyping Programme which has recently opened for applications. The National Genotyping…

27. John Maher's July Grass Management Tips

    19 Jul 2025 · 9:07 · Episode 294

    Grass10 Manager, John Maher, joins Catherine Egan on the latest Beef Edge with grassland management tips for the month ahead. John discusses current grazing conditions and explains the different scenarios across the…

28. Future Beef Farmer, Kay O’Sullivan’s conversion to organic

    16 Jul 2025 · 13 min · Episode 293

    Future Beef Farmer, Kay O’Sullivan from county Cork, is on this weeks’ Beef Edge podcast to discuss her organic beef finishing system, current management on the farm and the upcoming national beef walk taking place on…

29. TAMS Update with Seamus Nolan

    9 Jul 2025 · 18 min · Episode 292

    Teagasc Scheme Support Unit Specialist, Seamus Nolan, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast with an update on the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme - known as TAMS - to discuss items that are eligible for grants…

30. Cavan’s Charlie Smyth on his Dairy Calf-to-Beef System

    2 Jul 2025 · 16 min · Episode 291

    Teagasc DairyBeef 500 farmer Charlie Smyth is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to give an insight into his dairy beef system and upcoming farm walk on 10th July at 7pm. Charlie explains how he purchases and rears 100…

31. Teagasc Ballyhaise College Beef Farm Update

    25 Jun 2025 · 16 min · Episode 290

    Noel Prunty and Liam McWeeney, from Teagasc Ballyhaise College, join Catherine Egan on this week’s Beef Edge Podcast to give an update on breeding season and how the bulls performed finishing under 16 months. Noel…

32. June Grass Management Tips

    21 Jun 2025 · 8:52 · Episode 289

    With surplus grass on most farms, Grass10 Manager, John Maher, has grassland management tips for the coming weeks. You can subscribe to the Grass10 newsletter here:…

33. Tipperary Dairy Calf to Beef Demonstration Farm Update

    18 Jun 2025 · 19 min · Episode 288

    Teagasc Technician, Chloe Millar, from the Dairy Calf to Beef Demonstration Farm in Co. Tipperary gives an update on this week’s Beef Edge podcast on rearing calves this spring and management on the farm currently.…

34. Men’s Health Week Tips & Advice

    11 Jun 2025 · 19 min · Episode 287

    As part of Men’s Health Week, Laurence Gaughan, Regional Project Manager in the west of Ireland with the HSE, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast with some tips and advice on mental health for farmers. Farmers tend to…

35. Tim Meagher previews the Irish Grassland Beef Event on his farm

    4 Jun 2025 · 19 min · Episode 286

    Tim Meagher from Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, who will host this year’s Irish grassland Association Beef Event, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss his farm system, while Paddy Casey from the Irish Grassland…

36. DairyBeef 500 farmer, JP Hammersley, on his farming system

    28 May 2025 · 11 min · Episode 285

    DairyBeef 500 farmer, JP Hammersley from Co. Tipperary, is on this week’s Beef Edge with an update on his farm, management of calves at grass and the plan for finishing cattle on the farm. JP outlines his dairy calf…

37. Breeding tips for spring calving suckler herds

    21 May 2025 · 18 min · Episode 284

    As we are at a critical stage of the breeding season, Dr. David Kenny, researcher in Teagasc Grange, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss breeding on spring calving suckler herds and he has key tips to be…

38. John Maher’s grass management tips at this critical time

    14 May 2025 · 22 min · Episode 283

    Grass10 Manager, John Maher, is on this week’s Beef Edge to discuss grass management on the farm at this critical stage of the year. John gives an update on farms at the moment with some farms having had the best…

39. Calving and breeding season on Newford farm

    7 May 2025 · 9:51 · Episode 282

    Stephen Frend from the Newford demonstration herd in Co. Roscommon is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to give a review of calving, an update on the current breeding season and a look into management for the coming…

40. Key tips for weed control on grazing and silage ground

    30 Apr 2025 · 13 min · Episode 281

    Chris Maughan, Product and Technical Manager with Whelehan Crop Protection, discusses weed control on grazing and silage ground on this week’s Beef Edge podcast. Chris highlights the opportunity to control weeds,…

41. The benefits of reseeding this spring

    23 Apr 2025 · 22 min · Episode 280

    Mary McEvoy, Technical Development Manager with Germinal, joins Catherine Egan and Ciaran Lynch on this week’s joint episode of the Beef Edge and OviCast podcasts to discuss all aspects for carrying out reseeding.…

42. Beef farmer, Sophie Tyner, on the coming weeks closing for silage

    16 Apr 2025 · 13 min · Episode 279

    Beef farmer, Sophie Tyner, from county Wicklow, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss her beef system, her plans in the coming weeks closing for silage and how good quality silage is so important on her farm.…

43. SCEP Update & the new Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme

    9 Apr 2025 · 13 min · Episode 278

    Margaret Brennan, Assistant Principal Officer over Beef Schemes with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, joins Catherine Egan on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss the new Dairy Beef Weighing…

44. The benefits of grass-white clover and multi-species sward systems

    2 Apr 2025 · 14 min · Episode 277

    Teagasc researcher, Sarah Burke, is on this week’s Beef edge podcast to discuss her latest research on grass-white clover and multi-species sward systems. A source of inefficiency in beef cattle production systems is…

45. April Grass Management Tips

    29 Mar 2025 · 7:18 · Episode 276

    Grass10 Advisor Niamh Doyle has her grassland management tips for the month ahead. Niamh comments on current grazing conditions, grazing the first rotation and regrowths on the first paddocks. She also discusses…

46. Reviewing beef prices and budgets for the coming months

    26 Mar 2025 · 17 min · Episode 275

    Teagasc Beef Specialist, David Argue, is on this week’s Beef Edge discussing cattle finished so far this year and, given current increasing beef prices, budgets for the coming months. So far this year up to March…

47. Future Beef farmer, Proinnsias Creedon, on managing grass this spring

    19 Mar 2025 · 13 min · Episode 274

    Teagasc Future Beef farmer, Proinnsias Creedon, and his advisor, James Mullane, are on this week’s Beef Edge Podcast with an update on the farm and how Proinnsias is managing grass this spring. Proinnsias also…

48. Reviewing the 2024 profitability of the Future Beef Programme

    12 Mar 2025 · 17 min · Episode 273

    Teagasc Future Beef programme advisor, Aisling Molloy, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to give an update on the Future Beef programme and to review profitability for 2024. Aisling first discusses the plan at the…

49. March Grass Management Tips

    8 Mar 2025 · 7:20 · Episode 272

    Grass10 Advisor Niamh Doyle has her grass management tips for the month ahead. Niamh discusses turn out of cattle and the spring rotation plan on farms and she highlights the key targets this spring. Niamh encourages…

50. Parasite control and anthelmintic resistance

    5 Mar 2025 · 13 min · Episode 271

    Teagasc Researcher, Orla Keane, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss parasite control and anthelmintic resistance. Orla highlights the importance of reviewing your farm health plan at this time of year and…