Dairy
Farm focus: Milking 355 cows in the midlands
The past presidents of Macra na Feirme, Michael and Catherine Gowing, run a spring-calving dairy enterprise in Scorduff, Co. Offaly. Hailing...
Dairy
The past presidents of Macra na Feirme, Michael and Catherine Gowing, run a spring-calving dairy enterprise in Scorduff, Co. Offaly. Hailing...
Grass
Global grass seed breeding company DLF has launched a ‘grass partner programme’, in order to “increase and optimise utilisation” of grass...
Sheep
Irish farmers may be able to breed healthier sheep in the coming years through the adaption of a new health...
Beef
How farmers choose and manage their heifers are some of the most important decisions that will be made on farms...
N.Ireland
Best-practice guidelines for beef and sheep farmers during the month of May have been released by the Department of Agriculture,...
Sheep
Sheep Ireland, a subsidiary of the ICBF, has no plans to verify the data submitted by individual breeders under the...
Dairy
Grassland quality must be maintained as cows enter the 2017 breeding season,” according to Ballina-based Teagasc dairy advisor Brendan Garry....
Dairy
It’s mid-April and the sun is shining. Temperatures are varying quite a bit throughout the country but farms that got the...
Beef
Heat detection aids can help identify bulling cows and this is particularly important for herds using AI. Identifying cows on...
Beef
The breeding season is fast approaching and to improve the chances of successful matings, especially on farms using AI, farmers...
Beef
The breeding season is fast approaching and decisions made in the coming weeks will have a lasting impact on your...
Dairy
The ICBF has just released details of its spring 2017 active bull list and, therein, the average EBI values of...
Dairy
Approximately 700,000 dairy calves have been registered on Irish farms so far this year and the breeding season, to produce...
Beef
Over 50% of all suckler calves on Irish farms are born between the months of January and April. And in...
Dairy
Dairy farmers have expressed their disappointment and feel their sire choices have been limited for the upcoming breeding season. This...
Beef
Farmers have been given the opportunity to use some of the best up and coming bulls in their herds through...
Agri-Business
LIC believes the contract agreement it will be asking farmers to sign is a necessary requirement, ensuring it can deliver...
Dairy
A six-week in-calf rate is important for driving dairy farm profitability, according to LIC’s Joyce Voogt. Voogt, Manager of the...