Dairy
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,..
Thinking about bull safety is crucial, as we are now entering into the fifth week of the breeding season, a lot of farmers will be letting...
Dairy Technical
Breeding season is fast approaching, and although the use of artificial insemination (AI) grows year-on-year, stock bulls still have a place
The breeding season on many farms is coming to a close and the majority of cows and heifers should now be in calf.
Rural Life
In October 2018, David Callan lay picturing his own funeral after a bull attack on his farm in Drumconrath, Co. Meath.
On farms where a stockbull is being used it is now, for the most part, running with the cows – which means that safety needs to be at the forefront of farmers’ minds.
Over the next couple of weeks of the breeding season, the stock bull or bulls will start to be turned out with the cows on some dairy farms.
The month of May is a busy period on farms as the breeding season gets underway, along with the harvesting of first-cut silage.
Bull safety is often most worried about during the breeding season when a stockbull may be running with the cows.
With many herds now at the point in the breeding season where the stock bull has been introduced to the herd, it is time to start thinking bull safety.
