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  • Getting Winter Ready: Keeping Cattle Healthy at Housing

    October 21, 2026 · 15 min

    Continuing the ‘Getting Winter Ready’ series, Catherine Egan is joined on this week’s Beef Edge by Animal Health Ireland’s, Dr. Natascha Meunier, to discuss preparing cattle for housing and maintaining good animal health through the…

  • Getting Winter Ready: The True Cost of Buying & Finishing Cattle

    October 14, 2026 · 23 min

    As part of the ‘Getter Winter Ready’ series, Teagasc cattle specialist, David Argue, discusses the Teagasc beef budgets on the latest Beef Edge podcast this week.   With cattle prices at very strong levels over the past year, the economics…

  • Grassland Management Tips for October

    October 10, 2026 · 9 min

    Grass10 Advisor, John Conroy, joins Catherine Egan with grassland management tips for the month ahead.   John discusses closing up paddocks in rotation, starting with the paddocks near the farmyard – the sheltered and the driest paddocks…

  • Getting Winter Ready: Vaccinations, Timing & Animal Health

    October 7, 2026 · 16 min

    As part of the Getting Winter Ready series, Catherine Egan is joined on this week’s Beef Edge podcast by MSD Animal Health Veterinary Manager, Cara Sheridan, to discuss an important part of preparing cattle for winter housing…

  • Farm Succession: How to Plan the Transfer

    September 30, 2026 · 16 min

    Teagasc specialist, James McDonnell, explains the key steps around planning the farm transfer, who should be involved and how transferring farm family clinics are a good place to start.   Transferring the family farm is so much more than…

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  • Better Genetics, Better Weanlings, Better Returns

    September 23, 2026 · 18 min

    National Cattle Breeding Centre Beef Programme Manager, Rose Goulding, joins the Beef Edge to explain how important the right genetics are when selling weanlings.  Plus she previews the upcoming Teagasc Mart events taking place across the…

  • What the Latest ICBF Research Means for Beef Farmers

    September 16, 2026 · 19 min

    Following on from the Tully ICBF Open Day, the ICBF’s Niall Kilrane joins Catherine Egan on this week’s Beef Edge with an insight into their latest research findings in relation to beef farmers. For more episodes from the Beef Edge…

  • Silage Quality to Winter Feed Advice: Teagasc Beef at Ploughing 2026

    September 8, 2026 · 15 min

    In advance of the National Ploughing Championships, Teagasc Beef Specialists, David Argue and Niall Kerins, give an insight into what’s in store for beef farmers at the Teagasc stand this year. Nutrition is such an important part of beef…

  • The Importance of Farm Succession Planning

    September 2, 2026 · 19 min

    In advance of Generational Renewal Week 2026 which takes place from Monday 7th to Friday 11th September, Teagasc specialist Ruth Fennell joins the Beef Edge podcast to discuss succession planning and preview the week.  The week will…

  • Making Dairy Beef Pay: James O’Sullivan’s Farm System

    August 26, 2026 · 22 min

    DairyBeef 500 manager, Alan Dillon, and DairyBeef 500 farmer, James O’Sullivan from Co. Cork, discuss James’ farm system and upcoming farm walk.  James works off-farm as an AI technician and has four young children so labour efficiency is…

  • The changes delivering better performance on James Skehan’s farm

    August 19, 2026 · 24 min

    Future Beef farmer, James Skehan, from county Clare is on this week’s Beef Edge to discuss his spring-calving suckler-to-beef enterprise while also working off-farm. Over the past number of years he has made significant changes to improve…

  • Smarter Calf Rearing: Technology, Labour & Health

    August 12, 2026 · 19 min

    Cork dairy-beef farmer, Philip O'Neill, who operates a calf-to-store beef enterprise alongside a tillage enterprise, while also working off-farm, and his Teagasc advisor, Alan Carey, join this week’s Beef Edge podcast. Philip O’Neill…

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About the show

The Beef Edge is Teagasc’s podcast for all the latest news, information and advice for Irish beef farmers, presented by Catherine Egan. Visit the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/beef/the-beef-edge-podcast/