Pictured are: Conor Brown, ICBF; Nonie and Edward Ryan, Tipperary; Shane Butler, ABP.

Tipperary family wins ABP Beef Benchmark Award

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ABP Food Group has announced the winners of its Beef Benchmark sustainability awards during a recent Open Day at its R&D farm in Co. Carlow. The Ryan family from Tipperary was presented with the Dairy-Beef Steer category award.

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.

The Beef Benchmark award has six categories:

Suckler-beef steer

Suckler-beef heifer

Suckler young bull

Dairy-beef steer

Dairy steer

Dairy-beef heifer

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