Beef
Spring-calving suckler herds that finished breeding in the last week of July can scan cows from now onwards
Dairy
As the breeding season is wrapped up for over a month now , the priority turns to scanning your cows as soon as possible to allow for prompt..
There is no doubt that milk pregnancy testing is growing in popularity on dairy farms across the country in the last couple of years but...
The breeding season has now drawn to a close on most spring-calving suckler and dairy herds across the country.
Dairy Technical
With the breeding season coming to an end on for 2022, it is now time to determine how successful the season has gone.
Agri-Business
Farming in Fivemiletown, Co. Tyrone, Chris Johnston is a name that will ring a bell with many...
As we enter October, it is not too late for suckler farmers operating a spring-calving system to...
At this point of the lactation cycle most farmers have their cows scanned - you now have to decide what you will do with your cull cows.
Breeding 2021 has come to a conclusion on most spring-calving dairy herds, with the next task being to get cows scanned.
The breeding season is drawing to a close on spring-calving herds - now it is good time to scan cows to determine how it has gone.
If you have determined the number of animals not yet in-calf and have the correct number of bulls, the continued use of beef AI may be an option.
Farmers should be considering scanning cows that are yet to show signs of heat - at this stage of breeding season, if the cow is are not late calver.
September usually marks the time when farmers get their cows scanned and finally find out how successful the breeding period was.
In some cases, there may be a few cows who have yet to show any signs of heat - which at this stage, will be a concern.
