BovINE
BovINE magazines published in nine national languages Project news plus solutions to sustainability challenges feature in each issue Available in English, French, Italian, Estonian, German, Belgian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Polish, each of the four-page country magazines provides information about the current situation of cattle farming in each country, plus the grass root needs collected directly […]
BovINE Event: Irish National Beef Event – 2022 Tuesday Oct 25th, 2022, at 8.00pm Online Register here Presentations and discussions on: The Beef Innovation Network Europe – Maeve Henchion, Teagasc The importance of innovation on beef farms –Pearse Kelly, Teagasc Sustainable suckler beef farming- an Irish farmer’s story – Clive Bright, Organic beef farmer Finishing […]
BovINE shares innovative technologies directly with Irish farmers at Farm Open Day to help drive sustainability By Richard Lynch, BovINE Project Manager, Teagasc, Ireland A recent demonstration Farm Open Day, held on 26th July at Tullamore, Co Offaly, was attended by over 2,500 beef and sheep farmers from across Ireland seeking updates on practical on-farm […]
BovINE at Teagasc Grange Beef Open Day By Richard Lynch, Teagasc Ireland On Tuesday the 5th July 2022 Teagasc, an agricultural research, advisory and education body in Ireland held its bi-annual open day for those involved in the beef farming. The event which was attended by many from across the beef farming sector in Ireland, […]
BovINE Webinar: Why feed efficiency matters? 4th April 2022 Online Leaders of the Production Efficiency and Meat Quality Thematic Working Group, Virginia Resconi and Jakeline Romero will be joined by BovINE Portuguese Network Manager José Pais and experts Lisa Rumsfeld, Pablo Guarnido, Paul Smith and Sinead Waters for this webinar focusing on Feed Efficiency. Speakers: Virginia Resconi – […]
BovINE making an impact – the farmer view An interview with John Dunne By Kevin Kinsella, Agspace, Ireland John Dunne and his family run a suckler to beef production grassland farm selling steers and heifers at less than 24 months of age on approx. 120ha of good quality land in Co Laois in the Irish […]
Smart Farming Seminar Sources and Solutions: The Link Between Our Soils & Water Quality By Richard Lynch BovINE’s partner, Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), is holding an online conference Wednesday 20th October from 8.30pm to 9.30pm (9:30-10:30 CET), discussing the findings from their project ‘Smart Farming’, which is a programme that focuses on providing farmers with the […]
Delivering a Sustainable Beef Sector By KEVIN KINSELLA, IRISH NETWORK MANAGER At 8.00pm on Tuesday October 26th BovINE will hold its 2nd Irish National Beef Event on-line. Beef farmers and all stakeholders in the beef and livestock sector are invited to attend virtually. The BovINE network links farmers, advisors, researchers, and all other relevant stakeholders, […]
Sustainable beef: what is the role of grass-based production systems? By Richard Lynch, Teagasc – Ireland The European beef sector produces meat to feed a large growing global population, whilst producing many other valuable products and services to the wider public. However, at present, it faces significant challenges relating to economic, social and environmental sustainability, […]
Developing the BovINE Network in Ireland by Kevin Kinsella Irish Network Manager BovINE is an EU funded network project focused on knowledge exchange to help address the challenges and drive sustainability in the beef sector. The project is connecting the beef sector across 9 EU countries by providing an open platform – the BovINE Knowledge Hub – where beef […]