Teagasc has released interesting results from research into finishing beef animals at 19 months with low levels of concentrate fed. “In those two systems, the only concentrate would be fed to the progeny during the first winter. “Then, immediately post-weaning off milk powder, we've looked at a high and a low concentrate feeding rate, the high being ad-lib concentrate feeding, and the low being 1.5kg of concentrate feeding. That brings us up to turnout to pasture.”No real advantage, or only a very small advantage, was found from additional milk replacement feeding. So that's potentially a 12-month slippage in terms of calving age.

Source: Irish Examiner December 30, 2025 13:07 UTC