Beef
Are my heifers heavy enough for breeding?
How farmers choose and manage their heifers are some of the most important decisions that will be made on farms...
Beef
How farmers choose and manage their heifers are some of the most important decisions that will be made on farms...
Beef
Ireland’s first sale of genotyped four and five-star commercial breeding heifers will take place in Ballybay Mart next Saturday. The...
Beef
The cattle trade is continuing to drive forward with the base price for steers at €4.00/kg and heifers at €4.10/kg,...
Beef
The price difference between British and Irish heifers dropped to the lowest it has been so far in 2017 in...
Beef
The Munster branch of the Irish Angus Cattle Society will hold its 26th annual Premier Show and Sale on Saturday,...
Beef
Farmers in Northern Ireland received €71.68/head more for a 280kg R3 grade heifer carcass than farmers in the Republic of...
Dairy
Kildalton Agricultural College is selling 30 dairy yearling heifers by tender, with Monday March 6 the closing date for receipt...
Rural Life
This week Irish international aid agency Bothar will transport its 1,000th in-calf heifer to Rwanda. The record heifer is expected...
Beef
A top price of €1,760 was received for an in-calf heifer at a dispersal sale of the Ballinvoher Farm suckler herd...
Beef
The number of beef animals slaughtered at Department of Agriculture approved plants increased by less than 1% for the week...
Dairy
David Clarke, a livestock supplier and exporter, has seen a 20% increase in the export of freshly calved or in-calf...
Dairy
Heifers reached €4,200 at the Irish Holstein Friesian Association’s sale which was held in conjunction with its open day in...
Beef
Calving heifers at two years is vital for the profitability of the suckler herd, but according to Teagasc there are...
Beef
Last week, the beef heifer price differential between Northern Ireland and the Republic was 33.9p/kg (46.3c/kg), the Livestock and Meat Commission...
Dairy
The optimal calving age for dairy replacement heifers is 23 months, according to Professor Jud Heinrichs, from Penn State University....
Dairy
DairyCo will be hosting a webinar on the economics of dairy heifer rearing with Alana Boulton, a researcher at the...
Dairy
Approximately 20 drystock farmers in the Longford/Roscommon area are now seeking to provide contract heifer rearing services to milk producers,...
N.Ireland
There has been a general improvement in beef carcase conformation values in the past three months in Northern Ireland, according...