Dairy
Time to start selecting bulls for your autumn calving herd
As we get closer to the start of the autumn calving season, it is important to have a think about...
DBI
Dairy
Is your breeding strategy a profitable one?
A lot of interesting figures have arose following the breeding season of 2024, which gives an insight into what way...
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Watch: Rugby legend on tackling resistant worms in cattle
At this time of year, many farmers are organising their animal health plan and tackling resistant worms to cover their...
Dairy
'Sustainable breeding' highlighted at open day
At the Teagasc open day in Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford, Teagasc dairy specialist, Stuart Childs spoke to Agriland about sustainable...
Dairy Technical
Dairy-beef: What are calf buyers looking for?
Based on the trade for dairy-beef calves across the country, it is evident that some changes have occurred. The introduction...
Dairy
Breeding: Dairy farmers urged to consider value of offspring
With the breeding season just around the corner for the spring-calving dairy herds, farmers have been advised to carefully think...
Dairy News
New set of breeding guidelines for dairy herds
With the 2024 breeding season on the horizon, the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) and Teagasc have developed a set...
Dairy Technical
Breeding season: Potential problem cows should be checked
The calving season continues on most dairy farms, but it is important to start preparing for the breeding season. Depending...
Dairy Technical
Developing a breeding plan for your herd in 2024
Planning for the breeding season is now underway on many dairy farms, meaning it is now time to determine how...
Dairy News
'Calves offer a significant opportunity' - Shalloo
Calves coming from the national dairy herd have the potential to a be part of low carbon profitable beef systems....
Beef
Changes to DBI set to appear in November evaluations
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has outlined that two changes will be seen in the Dairy Beef Index (DBI),...
Dairy Technical
EBI update to stop overinflated fertility indexes
The latest update to the economic breeding index (EBI) will be available from November 28, 2023, and will see changes...
Beef
Dairy herds 'need more focus' on improving beef merit - ICBF
Dairy farmers need to focus more on improving the beef merit from the dairy herd… to ensure there will be...
Beef
ICBF outlines terminal and replacement index changes
The board of the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has approved the implementation of changes to both the Terminal and...
Dairy Technical
Balanced approach needed for dairy-beef calves
The increased use of sexed semen within dairy herds means that more dairy-beef calves will be born on Irish dairy...
Dairy Technical
Moorepark: EBI will continue to deliver for on-farm sustainability
The introduction and use of the economic breeding index (EBI) on dairy farms can only be described a success. Recent...
Dairy Technical
Top beef sires with dairy farmers in 2022
The use of beef sires on dairy cows has become more popular and will continue to grow into the future...
Beef
ICBF to launch improved genetic evaluations this week
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) board has approved the implementation of changes to the dairy Economic Breeding Index (EBI)...