Dairy Technical
Maximising submission rates in your herd this breeding season
Submission rates are key to achieving the six-week in-calf and calving target of 90% set by many dairy farmers. To...
Dairy Technical
Submission rates are key to achieving the six-week in-calf and calving target of 90% set by many dairy farmers. To...
Dairy Technical
Sire selection is an important part of the breeding season, which is fast approaching on farms. The use of artificial...
Dairy Technical
The breeding season is fast approaching on farms and by now, most farmers have selected the team of bulls they...
Dairy Technical
With the beginning of April in sight, the focus on most dairy farms is now shifting towards the 2022 breeding...
Dairy Technical
A vasectomised bull could potentially be a useful tool on your farm during the breeding season that lies ahead. The...
Dairy Technical
A retained placenta is when a cow or heifer fails to expel their afterbirth within 24 hours post-parturition. In some...
Dairy Technical
Although it is only February and the breeding season seems a long way away, many farmers will already have selected...
Dairy Technical
The focus on many autumn-calving herds is moving from the calving season to the impending breeding season. Ideally, you should...
Dairy Technical
The breeding season on autumn-calving herds will be starting in the coming weeks,, so the setting of breeding targets is...
Dairy Technical
A lot of farms have moved away from using stockbulls in favour of artificial insemination (AI) to increase genetic gains,...
Sheep
A few weeks back I discussed the benefits of breeding ewe lambs on farms this breeding season and for those...
Sheep
With the breeding season kicked off on many mid-season lambing flocks, sheep farmers will be hoping for positive results when...
Sheep
A compact lambing period is the ultimate goal on many sheep farms; however, in some cases, it is sometimes hard...
Dairy Technical
At this point of the lactation cycle, most farmers have their cows scanned to determine their pregnancy status – you...
Sheep
Just over a week ago, I spoke about the importance and benefit of body condition scoring (BCS) your flock of...
Sheep
Like every other year, the last few weeks have seen sheep farmers very active and keen to get a hold...
Dairy Technical
Breeding 2021 has come to a conclusion on most spring-calving dairy herds, with the next task being to get cows...
Sheep
Checking that both your ram(s) and ewes are fit for breeding is a hugely important job, that is a must...