Dairy
'Vasectomised bulls make picking up heifers a piece of cake'
Poor or inaccurate heat detection is the main cause of missed heats or false heats (wrongly submitted cows for breeding)....
Dairy
Poor or inaccurate heat detection is the main cause of missed heats or false heats (wrongly submitted cows for breeding)....
Dairy
“In the past, farmers were more interested in the milk yield of their cows than the fertility of their herd,...
Dairy
As the breeding season begins, it is time to sit up and take notice of the cows currently milking in...
Dairy
Your replacement heifers are, or should be, the most suitable animals for breeding your herd’s future replacement heifers. For this...
Dairy
If you are considering purchasing a stock bull or a vasectomised bull for this year’s breeding season, now is the...
Dairy
The calving pattern on farms is what sets the top-performing herds apart from the lower-performing herds, in terms of maximising...
Dairy
During a recent breeding information event, Seamus Hughes – a Progressive Genetics dairy breeding adviser – outlined what the essential...
Dairy
The welfare and value of dairy calves “are profoundly affected by the breeding strategy of dairy farmers” and “calf management...
Dairy
John McCabe has been on a journey reducing his calving interval from six months to just 12 weeks. John supplies...
Dairy
Adequate heat detection is one of the most important components of a successful breeding season. Heat detection is what determines...
Dairy
As this year’s dairy bull calf crisis starts to wind down, dairy farmers begin their search for answers to the...
Dairy
This year’s most recent active bull list is now available to view online with the list due to be updated...
Dairy
As we switch our attention to the breeding season, we need to ask ourselves is it worth keeping those cows...
Dairy
‘Dirty cows’ or cows with metritis have become a major cause of poor reproductive performance in many dairy herds. Metritis...
Dairy
Just when we’ve started to relax as the calving season comes to an end, we’re heading on into another extremely...
Sheep
Breeding has commenced for many March-lambing flocks and, after the difficult year that’s just gone, farmers are hoping that their...
Dairy
Although many spring-calving dairy herds will continue to milk on into late November and early December, the importance of body...
Sheep
Now that we are in the latter stages of September, and the National Ploughing Championships are behind us for another...