Dairy
As we are now over halfway through the year and the breeding season on many dairy farms is well progressed by now, what bulls...
A target for most spring calving herds across the country is to achieve a submission rate over the first three weeks of 90% while limiting...
Beef
IFA president, Francie Gorman has called on AI companies to withdraw plans to introduce intellectual property (IP) restrictions on AI bulls
The use of dairy sire artificial insemination (AI) has declined again this year while the use of beef breed AI sires has continues...
Beef News
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has recently published data on the top 10 AI bulls used on suckler cows this spring...
As the end of the breeding season closes in, with many farmers now turning the bull/bulls out with with their cows, we can take a...
For a lot of dairy farmers, first-cut silage is wrapped up and for the spring-calving herds, the fifth week of the breeding season is now...
The ICBF's HerdPlus has added a new beef AI usage table to its weekly fertility report citing "the increasing usage of beef bulls...
N.Ireland
While the outlook for beef is set to remain strong, buyers of dropped calves remain very discerning in their choice.
Dairy News
Calf registrations and artificial insemination (AI) data is showing a significant drop for the first few weeks of 2024.
Beef Technical
The Irish Charolais Cattle Society has assembled a list of the top 10 Charolais AI sires with the highest number of progeny born in 2021.
Dairy Technical
The breeding season has started for some and is only beginning for others; however, by now you should have a plan in place.
Teagasc and Irish Cattle Breeders Federation (ICBF) recommend that teams of bulls are used when breeding dairy cows.
The herd which was at the centre of Ballinloan Jaegerbomb saga has announced its decision to hold a dispersal sale.
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) recently released data outlining the most popular beef AI sires in suckler herds in 2018.
Agri-Business
DAERA has announced it will introduce new licensing procedures for importing bovine semen into Northern Ireland from Great Britain.
The UK's Limousin society has advised members not to use Ballinloan Jaegerbomb semen following doubts over the champion AI bull's parentage.
Investing in genetics is one of the most important decisions a farmer can make, but progress could be undermined by inaccurate parentage.
Some 63.4% of Irish dairy cows are sired by AI sires, according to the latest Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) statistics.
Dairy farmers are looking to get the most value for their calves by using beef AI sires, according to some cattle breeding companies.
In 2015 the use of beef AI bulls on dairy herds increased by 39% compared to 2014, an increase of over 11,000 births, according to the ICBF.
The league tables for the top beef and dairy AI bulls used in 2015 have been released with both Limousin and Holstein/Friesian dominating.
