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Dairy
What impact does body condition score have on breeding success?
A profitable dairy farming business hinges on many variables; but the importance of fertility should always be to the forefront...
Dairy
A profitable dairy farming business hinges on many variables; but the importance of fertility should always be to the forefront...
Dairy
Like so many dairy farmers throughout the country, this spring has proved challenging for PJ O’Keeffe – the 2017 Marca...
Dairy
The breeding decisions that you make today will have ramifications for the next 10-12 years, according to Teagasc’s Dr. Donagh...
Dairy
The breeding season is fast approaching on many dairy farms and Teagasc’s Dr. Joe Patton offered some timely advice on...
Dairy
Breeding is just around the corner for many dairy farmers and the ICBF’s (Irish Cattle Breeding Federation’s) Paschal Coughlan offered...
Dairy
Dairy farmers are facing a race against time to get dairy cows back in calf, according to LIC’s Joyce Voogt....
Dairy
A major sexed semen field trial is set to get underway on Irish dairy farms this spring. ICBF (Irish Cattle...
Dairy
Calving may be in full swing on many dairy farms, but the breeding season is only a matter of weeks...
Dairy
The use of synchronisation protocols has been widely adopted worldwide and the success rate – in terms of conception rates...
N.Ireland
“Buying a stock bull is easy – making sure he gets cows in calf in a compact breeding season for...
Dairy
LIC, the New Zealand farmer owned co-operative, is gearing up to breed bulls in Ireland. With a high proportion of...
Dairy
Established in 2011 by the four west Cork co-ops – Bandon, Barryroe, Drinagh and Lisavaird – Shinagh Dairy Farm is...
Dairy
In the coming weeks, Irish dairy farmers will be sitting down to select sires to breed the next generation of...
Beef
Some 20% of Irish suckler cow farms operate an autumn-calving system. Therefore, the breeding season for autumn-calving suckler cows is...
N.Ireland
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) in Hillsborough, Co. Down is home to one of the UK’s top £PLI ranking...
Opinion
Copa & Cogeca has elected a new Animal Health and Welfare Working Party Chairman. Miguel Angel Higuera says his top...
Sheep
Farmers have been urged to check the condition and health status of their rams prior to the upcoming breeding season....
Sheep
There is significant scope to increase the prolificy of the Irish ewe flock. As it stands, the majority of farms...