Agri-Business
LIC contracts are to 'ensure delivery of very best technology to farmers'
LIC believes the contract agreement it will be asking farmers to sign is a necessary requirement, ensuring it can deliver...
Agri-Business
LIC believes the contract agreement it will be asking farmers to sign is a necessary requirement, ensuring it can deliver...
Dairy
A six-week in-calf rate is important for driving dairy farm profitability, according to LIC’s Joyce Voogt. Voogt, Manager of the...
Sheep
Breeding from ewe lambs affects the bottom line on sheep farms, according to Teagasc’s Tim Keady. The Teagasc Research Officer...
Sheep
Many sheep farmers are letting out rams to the their ewes and some record keeping during mating could help when...
Dairy
The ICBF has revealed that the base cow – the genetic reference point for the EBI of all dairy cattle in...
Dairy
There has been an increase in the number of dairy farmers using beef sires in 2016, according to marketing manager...
Beef
The use of synchronisation on suckler farms can reduce the need for heat detection during the breeding season, according to...
Dairy
Grass-based farmers should aim to breed a dairy cow to have her calving as close as possible to the expected...
Dairy
Almost one in 10 farmers find breeding their cows to be the most difficult task of the year, according to Teagasc. It...
Dairy
Dairy farmers should start to focus on breeding now, not when they breed the first cow in their herd, according...
Rural Life
Could a variation of the ancestor of modern day cattle, the aurochs, come back to roam parts of Europe in...
Dairy
Irish dairy farmers must strive to improve grassland output and utilisation in 2016, according to Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) advisor...
Beef
Analysis carried out in 2014 found that the annual cost of keeping a suckler cow on Irish beef farms ranged...
Beef
A pedigree stock bull is a substantial investment. For many, it is something they will hopefully only have to buy once every five...
Tillage
Manipulating the genetic make-up of cereal plants may well open up radical new ways of killing off fungal pathogens, which...
Beef
The late pregnancy management of sucklers is hugely important, according to Teagasc. Spring-calving suckler cows are now in mid or...
N.Ireland
New research funded by EBLEX into the genetics of ewe longevity could benefit the sheep industry on the back of...