Beef
Keeping an eye on Genomics scheme requirements...
Over 50% of all suckler calves on Irish farms are born between the months of January and April. And in...
Beef
Over 50% of all suckler calves on Irish farms are born between the months of January and April. And in...
Opinion
It seems that milk producers in Kerry have been totally taken aback by what they regard as the abnormally high...
Dairy
The EBI values of genomically selected bulls, available through AI, could drop by €30 following the latest evaluation run carried...
Dairy
Dairy farmers have expressed their disappointment and feel their sire choices have been limited for the upcoming breeding season. This...
Beef
LIC Ireland is set to launch its spring AI catalogue in early February, featuring the latest pick of New Zealand genetics for...
Agri-Business
LIC believes the contract agreement it will be asking farmers to sign is a necessary requirement, ensuring it can deliver...
Dairy
Some 63.4% the cows in Irish dairy herds are sired by AI bulls, according to the latest Irish Cattle Breeding...
Beef
Dairy farmers are looking to increase cash flow in the spring time by getting the most value for their calves...
Beef
ICBF, through its Gene Ireland Programme, has made AI straws available from some of the countries up and coming bulls....
Dairy
The league tables for the top beef and dairy AI bulls used in 2015 have been released with both Limousin...
Dairy
There has been an increase in the number of dairy farmers using beef sires in 2016, according to marketing manager...
Beef
Approximately 23% of calves in beef herds are bred by Artificial Insemination (AI) in Ireland annually. Such low usage of...
Sheep
The spring lamb trade saw lambs back about €5 each in Kilkenny Mart on Monday, according to the Mart Manager...
Beef
Suckler farmers should pay more attention to the euro value of the Eurostar rating rather than the actual number of...
Beef
A series of large-scale on-farm synchronization studies for Fixed Time AI (FTAI) were conducted by Teagasc in 2014 and 2015...
Beef
In Ireland, only about 23% of calves in beef herds are bred by artificial insemination (AI), that’s according to Teagasc’s...
Dairy
Sexed semen demand has been lower than expected in 2015. This is primarily due to the lower milk price farmers...
Beef
Reports that Dovea AI bull Lisduff Dandy was being taken out of service are not true and the bull is...