Tullamore Show Exhibitor
Following a fantastic debut at the Tullamore Show in 2025, FarmOps is returning this year bigger and better than ever.
Dairy
Lameness is the single biggest health problem on many farms across Ireland according to the well-known vet, Ger Cusack.
Agriland spoke with a number of AI companies about the criteria being selected for sires this breeding season and what the trends were.
With breeding kicking off in two weeks time, industry leaders are emphasising the key messages that will ensure a successful season.
An information event that was meant to take place this evening on breeding Wagyu beef has been postponed due to Storm Bram.
Agri-Business
Two information evenings are set to take place over the next week to inform farmers about the potential benefits of breeding Wagyu beef.
Farmers can avail of a new technology that can find the individual cell count from individual cows by picking up their DNA in a bulk tank...
Beef
Munster Bovine is delighted to announce that we will be exhibiting at the Tullamore Show for the very first time
The 2025 breeding season is only around the corner and sire selection so far this year seems to have a strong emphasis on milk...
The ICMSA has raised concerns over farmers' rights to ownership over their stock if AI companies introduce IP rights.
The largest operators in the AI sector have said they intend to introduce intellectual property (IP) rights on their high genetic merit bulls
The board of Munster Bovine has confirmed that it has appointed its current interim chief executive as the new permanent chief executive.
Dairy News
Martin Kavanagh has formally taken on the role of interim chief executive officer (CEO) with Munster Bovine.
Beef News
Warrendale Wagyu is extending its offering to Ireland and is hosting information evenings in December to promote its supplier programme.
Dr. Doreen Corridan has been announced as the new chief executive of the National Cattle Breeding Centre (NCBC).
Rural Life
An AI technician with Munster Bovine, Connie O'Driscoll provides a unique service for farmers in Co. Cork.
The CAVI 2023 conference got underway this morning (Wednesday, January 18) at the Tullamore Court Hotel, Co. Offaly.
Ireland now has a second sexed semen lab, which is based in the national cattle breeding centre (NCBC) lab in Naas, Co. Kildare.
Dairy Technical
Beef-bull selection for the dairy herd is going to be even more important moving forward for dairy farmers.
Discussions are taking place on the possibility of opening a new sexed semen lab in the NCBC facility in Naas, Agriland has learned.
The use of a synchronisation programme on dairy farms has become increasingly more popular, particularly in herds that are using sexed semen.
Video
On this episode of Farmland, Agriland editor Stella Meehan sits down with agricultural consultants,...
On many farms, the 2022 breeding season has drawn to a close, and early reports suggest that it has gone quite well.
