Dairy Technical
Have you checked that your yearling heifers are still on target?
The focus on dairy farms is primarily on calving, but it is important not to forget about your yearling replacement...
Dairy Technical
The focus on dairy farms is primarily on calving, but it is important not to forget about your yearling replacement...
Dairy
A livestock trading business based in Co. Westmeath has dispatched what is understood to be the first-ever complete walk-on, walk-off...
Dairy Technical
Good management of replacement heifers at housing is vital to ensure that they continue to develop and that growth targets...
Dairy Technical
Prices being achieved by dairy in-calf heifers have fallen €200-400/head compared to this time last year, with prices from around...
Dairy Technical
With good grazing conditions continuing on farms it may be time to start turning yearling heifers out to grass. A...
Dairy Technical
The housing of livestock has begun on many farms, with many more just days away from housing their cows and...
Dairy Technical
It is once again getting to the time of the year when the growth performance of heifer calves needs to...
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With Irish temperatures reaching heatwave levels, livestock farmers are being advised that fly numbers will increase dramatically. In turn, this...
Dairy Technical
The tail end of the year is when surplus dairy heifers tend to be sold / bought, however with 2021...
Dairy Technical
Cashel Mart in Co. Tipperary hosted its second-ever ‘Virtual Sale’ of high EBI dairy heifers on Friday, October 22, at...
Dairy Technical
As we enter mid-October, the housing of heifers and cows for the winter period is drawing close – or on...
Dairy Technical
The HerdPlus dairy calving statistics from the Irish Cattle Breeders Federation (ICBF) have been released for 2021. The statistics are...
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A series of Crystalyx-funded trials, carried out at a number of renowned international research centres, has confirmed the absolute priority...
Dairy Technical
The Irish dairy sector has experienced substantial growth since the removal of milk quotas in 2015, with many drystock and...
Dairy Technical
Increased focus on improving beef traits from the dairy herd has led to a key breeding recommendation to only generate...
Dairy Technical
Teagasc recommends that replacement heifers are bred with dairy artificial insemination (AI) because they are the most fertile animals in...
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Achieving target weights is important for replacement heifers. Those that fail to reach target before breeding and calving will produce...
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The end is near for the 2020 milking season on spring-calving dairy farms, with many farms now reduced to once-a-day...