Dairy Technical
How can farmers reduce the risk of bovine TB on dairy farms?
Bovine tuberculosis (TB) poses a huge threat to farm animals and can be a worry of farmers’. Figures from by...
Dairy Technical
Bovine tuberculosis (TB) poses a huge threat to farm animals and can be a worry of farmers’. Figures from by...
Beef News
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has asked farmers to report calves with any sort of defect or deformity through its...
Dairy News
Dairy farmers can now access their dairy beef scorecard report from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF), for dairy beef...
Dairy Technical
The latest update to the economic breeding index (EBI) will be available from November 28, 2023, and will see changes...
Agri-Business
Terra Nutritech, a leading nutrition provider, and Eurogene, a renowned genetics company, have teamed up with Pitfield Animal Science to...
N.Ireland
The development of effective breeding policies has always been a “cornerstone” of improved herd performance, according to Northern Ireland-based AI...
Dairy Focus
Just five years after having a calving season spanning 10 months of the year, a Co. Cavan dairy farm family...
Agri-Business
New Zealand is set to spend over NZ$1.7 million (almost €1 million) on a new industry-led project to improve the...
Dairy Technical
The overall pregnancy rate for sexed semen on Irish dairy farms is now at 59%, compared with conventional artificial insemination...
Dairy Technical
Understanding the genetic make-up of your cows can offer a wide range of information, beyond breeding according to Donagh Berry,...
N.Ireland
The genes of prehistoric farmers may have diversified and mutated to facilitate farming lifestyles, according to researchers from the Francis...
Dairy News
Teagasc Breeding Week, which kicks off on Monday (March 20, 2023), is set to focus on the current genetic and...
Dairy
International livestock genetics company Semex has announced that it will launch a breeding index to help farmers reduce the methane...
Tillage
Reduced height, or semi-dwarf wheat varieties with improved drought resilience may soon be grown in fields across the globe, following...
Dairy Technical
Setting breeding objectives for liquid milk herds was a key message for farmers at the winter milk events held this...
Dairy News
The British artificial insemination (AI) company Genus ABS has announced a partnership with Ireland Genetics, also known as the National...
N.Ireland
There is a growing recognition of the role that improved genetics will play in delivering future sustainability for the milk...
Agri-Business
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee officially opened the new Progressive Genetics headquarters in Rathcore, Enfield, Co. Meath today (July 8)....