The economic cost of sub-optimal fertility or missed heat in a dairy herd varies between farms, depending on many factors...
April 5, 2021
As the calving season begins to quieten down on many farms across the country, focus now turns to getting prepared...
April 3, 2021
A recent report by George Ramsbottom, a dairy specialist with Teagasc based in Oak Park, Co. Carlow, outlined that almost...
March 13, 2021
The latest Progressive Genetics dairy catalogue “Dairy Sires 2021” has just gone to print, the AI firm has confirmed. The...
February 5, 2021
With calving on a lot of suckler farmers’ minds in the coming weeks, it is important not to forget the...
January 23, 2021
The primary reason for shortening the breeding season is to tighten up the following calving season. This is to increase...
January 11, 2021
Emission reduction through animal breeding has been earmarked as a key action under the national climate and air roadmap for...
December 9, 2020
With the 2020 breeding season fast approaching, the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) have released a list of the most popular dairy...
March 13, 2020
Research shows that less than 60% of the national dairy herd calves in the first six weeks of the calving...
March 5, 2020
Droimeann cattle have been officially recognised as a ‘Native Rare Irish Cattle Breed’ by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and...
January 8, 2020
Although Irish dairy farmers are the most environmentally sustainable food producers in the world, agriculture accounts for 33% of our...
December 13, 2019
There are many things that dairy farmers can do at farm level to make their farm more resilient to the...
October 20, 2019
“Some farmers are of the opinion that the EBI is a spring-calving breeding index, but this is not the case.”...
September 15, 2019
Embryo deaths due to twinning, along with the dry cow – fresh cow transition, are the two main causes of...
September 7, 2019
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has reported a slight decrease in the fertility performance of the national dairy herd....
September 1, 2019
With the breeding season only around the corner, it’s a critical time for farmers to analyse their ewes’ condition. Ewes...
August 29, 2019
A list of the most popular beef AI sires and dairy AI sires used on dairy herds during 2018 was...
July 31, 2019
With the breeding season drawing to a close, AgriLand caught up with some of the AI companies to see how...
July 21, 2019
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