Behind the Scenes with Noel McSweeney: Preparing Championship Cattle for the Tullamore Show

You start with your calf, you get that halter anthem as young as possible.

You get them used to that, you get them used to walking, getting used to noises and the grooming side of it and clipping then.

Look, a lot of it is trial and error.

If you want to get into the clipping, into the grooming and you're starting out, We all have animals around the yard that are nice and quiet that might never go to a show, but they're all very useful in practicing on and getting used of the clippers and getting used of your different products and what works and what doesn't work.

So it's practice, ask questions, anything you'll learn from other people who've gone there and it's all trial and error.

But there's plenty of other animals in the yard who, if they have a ball strike down their back, it won't make any difference to them.

Hello and welcome to the Beef Edge, the Chagas Beef Podcast, for all your latest news, information and advice for Irish beef farmers.

I'm Catherine Egan and on this week's episode, I'm joined by Cork beef farmer Noel McSweeney and his Chagas advisor David Hallisey as they prepare for this year's Tullamore show.

Noel runs a progressive beef enterprise where he combines commercial cattle production with an embryo transfer breeding programme to produce top quality show and fat stock cattle.

With Tullamore Show just days away, Noel takes us behind the scenes to explain the planning, preparation and attention to detail that goes into getting cattle ready for one of Ireland's premier events.

You start with your calf, you get that halter anthem as young as possible.

You get them used to that, you get them used to walking, getting used to noises and the grooming side of it and clipping then.

Look, a lot of it is trial and error.

If you want to get into the clipping, into the grooming and you're starting out, We all have animals around the yard that are nice and quiet that might never go to a show, but they're all very useful in practicing on and getting used of the clippers and getting used of your different products and what works and what doesn't work.

So it's practice, ask questions, anything you'll learn from other people who've gone there and it's all trial and error.

But there's plenty of other animals in the yard who, if they have a ball strike down their back, it won't make any difference to them.

Hello and welcome to the Beef Edge, the Chagas Beef Podcast, for all your latest news, information and advice for Irish beef farmers.

I'm Catherine Egan and on this week's episode, I'm joined by Cork beef farmer Noel McSweeney and his Chagas advisor David Hallisey as they prepare for this year's Tullamore show.

Noel runs a progressive beef enterprise where he combines commercial cattle production with an embryo transfer breeding programme to produce top quality show and fat stock cattle.

With Tullamore Show just days away, Noel takes us behind the scenes to explain the planning, preparation and attention to detail that goes into getting cattle ready for one of Ireland's premier events.