Kilkenny farmers bring the beef and win some top awards!

ABP Food Group has announced the winners of its Beef Benchmark sustainability awards during a recent Open Day at its R&D farm in County Carlow.

Michael Cassin from Inistioge was presented with the Suckler Young Bull category award, and Declan Hickey from County Kilkenny was presented with the Dairy-Steer category award. 

[Picture: Conor Brown, ICBF; Declan Hickey, County Kilkenny; John Kelly, ABP]

The ABP Beef Benchmark Report was launched in 2022 in collaboration with the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF).

As part of the event, there were presentations and demonstrations on best practice in management of a calf-to-beef farm, advice on multi-species reseeding, feeding cattle over the winter and vaccination plans for cattle.