Dairy
The final few weeks of the breeding season have arrived and farmers need to decide on the best time time to 'pull the bull' to strike...
As we are now over halfway through the year and the breeding season on many dairy farms is well progressed by now, what bulls...
As bulls go out to mop up and serve repeat cows and cows yet to be served, bull safety needs to come to mind and the reality is,..
The uptake of farmers milk recording seems to be growing every year as it simply lead to better breeding and culling decisions, increase gross
Now a couple of weeks into the breeding season, a lot of farmers will begin to wrap artificial insemination and let out stock bulls to run
Without good roadways and grazing infrastructure on dairy farms, grass utilisation is going to be limited as access to paddocks in difficult..
At a recent Teagasc/Dairygold farm walk in Co. Cork, dairy farmer Tim Leader highlighted how he has been staying ahead of grass quality...
As the breeding season progresses and as oestrus activity hopefully begins to settle down, farmers should look at cow flow and congestion...
At a recent Teagasc/ Dairygold farm walk, dairy farmer, Mark Lonergan highlighted his breeding performance and how conception rates have...
Foot bathing is often only done when cows are fully indoors during the winter months, as most infectious lameness issues are more prevalent..
In light of the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation's (ICBF's) statistics on the shortage of dairy replacement heifers being born on dairy...
As we approach the fourth week of May, many farmers will be three weeks into their breeding season and submission rates will have...
As the breeding season continues, the hard work will be done getting cows served and in-calf and energy intakes for embryo survival....
Dairy Technical
We are now well into the breeding season for many farmers, which means that heat detection and maximising submission rates...
We are now into the breeding season and for the majority of dairy farms, sexed semen usage is going to dominate the first three weeks...
As the breeding season kicks off for most dairy farmers around the country, heat detection is going to take up a large chunk...
A number of farmers have already started their breeding season and many more will be following suit in the next few days and submission...
The beginning of the breeding season is here and often farmers question what protocol they should take for their late calvers to ensure...
Lameness poses serious threat to cow's health and welfare and as we move into May, roadways and surfaces need to be maintained...
A session around cow genetics and technologies to drive resilience through breeding was held at the British Society of Animal Science...
As we enter into the final few weeks before the breeding season, it is crucial that cases of lameness are kept to a minimum...
The 2025 breeding season is only around the corner and sire selection so far this year seems to have a strong emphasis on milk...
Agriland spoke with a number of artificial insemination (AI) companies about the criteria being selected for sires this breeding season...
