Dairy
The breeding season is well and truly over for the spring calving herds and autumn calving herds now may be interested in what sires...
Accelerating genetic gain was highlighted at one of the boards at Moorepark '25 open day today where the changes to the economic breeding...
Conception rates in general last year seemed to be poor with colder weather and challenging conditions in spring and sexed semen...
At this time of the year, with breeding closing in, there has to be a sustainable plan for your dairy-beef non-replacement calves.
The Irish Aberdeen Angus Association will not support Teagasc in its proposal to establish a “nucleus herd breeding programme”.
Agri-Business
Teagasc is currently considering establishing a "nucleus herd breeding programme" to double the rate of gain in the Dairy Beef Index.
Dairy Technical
As part of Teagasc breeding week 2025, there was an event held at Teagasc Grange where two farmers spoke about how they improved the genetics
The breeding season of 2024 saw many farmers complain about conception rates and in-calf rates which was somewhat blamed on sexed semen...
The preparation for the breeding season is well underway on many dairy farms throughout the country as we head towards the end of March...
As the 2025 dairy breeding season approaches, the Irish Cattle and Breeding Federation (ICBF) and Teagasc urge farmers to begin planning...
In the first episode of the Farming for the Future series, 'The Spring Surge', Eoin Corrigan described his calf management routine.
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) ‘Mart Tracker’ is a new online tool which will allow farmers to see what animals are for sale...
The mating start date is getting very close now for any autumn calving herds and it is important to to be selecting sires for your...
As we get closer to the start of the autumn calving season, it is important to start thinking about selecting bulls for your herd as the...
A lot of interesting figures have arose following the breeding season of 2024, which gives an insight into what way the breeding and the...
At the Teagasc open day in Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford, Teagasc dairy specialist, Stuart Childs spoke to Agriland about sustainable...
Based on the trade for dairy-beef calves across the country, it is evident that the trade is changing. The introduction of tools such as...
With the breeding season just around the corner, dairy farmers are advised to carefully think about the value of offspring
Dairy News
With the 2024 breeding season on the horizon, the ICBF and Teagasc have developed a set of new breeding guidelines.
The calving season continues on most dairy farms, but it is important to start preparing for the breeding season.
Planning for the breeding season is now underway on many dairy farms and it is now time to determine how many heifers calves will be needed in 2025.
Calves coming from the national dairy herd have the potential to a be part of low carbon profitable beef systems.
Beef
The ICBF has outlined that two changes will be seen in the Dairy Beef Index (DBI) following the November 2023 genetic evaluation.
