Dairy Technical
Calf registrations: 203,991 extra dairy calves in 5 years
Total calf registrations for 2022 have now surpassed 2.3 million, according to the latest data from the Irish Cattle Breeding...
Calf Registrations
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations: Sucklers down by 3.6% on 2020 figure
Calf registrations have surpassed the two million mark according to the latest data from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF)....
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations approach 2 million mark
Calf registrations have reached 1,915,453 head for the year to date, based on the latest data from the Irish Cattle...
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations: Suckler calf births 16,963 behind 2021
Calf registrations have continued to fall behind 2021 figures, with a reduction in registrations of 9,676 based on the latest...
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations edge closer to one million mark
Calf registrations have edged closer to the one million mark, with 139,451 head registered during the week ending March 4,...
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations surpass half a million
Calf registrations for 2022 have surpassed half a million, with the total now standing at 533,274 head. The latest figures...
Dairy News
Herdwatch reaches two million registered calves
Irish farm-management software company, Herdwatch, has reached over two million registered calves on its app this month. The company said...
Dairy Technical
Why feeding transition milk to calves is important
Transition milk, the milk following colostrum and between milkings two and eight, has many benefits when fed to calves. Although...
Dairy Technical
98,664 calves registered last week
The number of calf births took a big jump last week with 98,664 calves registered, based on the latest figures...
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations: Calving season gets underway
Last week saw a major increase in calf registrations, with the number of registered calves doubling for the year to...
Agri-Business
Webinar to take place on reducing the work involved in calf registration
The first Herdwatch live webinar this year will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, January 18 at 7:30p.m. With a busy calving...
Dairy
Number of calves born in 2021 up by over 40,000
The total number of calves born on Irish farms in 2021 has increased by over 40,000 when compared to figures...
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations exceed 2.3 million for 2021
There has been over 2.3 million calf registrations in 2021 to dairy and beef dams, based off the latest figures...
Agri-Business
25 years of calf registrations and 'blue cards' in Clonakilty
Some 60 million animal identification passports – known by many as ‘blue cards‘ – have been issued over the last...
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations surpass the two million mark
Although calf registrations are now decreasing, the calving season on some farms continues, with numbers now surpassing the two million...
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations approach the 2 million mark
As we approach the end of May, spring-calving herds have begun their breeding season – and in many cases their...
Dairy Technical
Recording insemination data and calf registrations
As the calving season winds down on many farms, attention now shifts to the breeding season and the Irish Cattle...
Dairy
Disbudding calves as registrations pass one million mark
By definition, disbudding is the removal of an area of skin, including the horn bud, in a young calf prior...