Dairy Technical
Does sexed semen have a place in every herd?
The use of sexed semen on Irish farms continues to grow, but is it for everyone or has it come...
Dairy Technical
The use of sexed semen on Irish farms continues to grow, but is it for everyone or has it come...
N.Ireland
The latest sales figures are confirming a continuing and strong demand for quality, sexed dairy semen in Northern Ireland. According...
Dairy Technical
Planning for the breeding season is now underway on many dairy farms, meaning it is now time to determine how...
N.Ireland
Dairy farmers in Northern Ireland are confirming high conception rates in cows and heifers that are due to calve later...
Opinion
The point was made to me recently that the use of sexed semen will not deliver real benefits under Irish...
N.Ireland
The consistent use of sexed semen has been highlighted as a critically important technology within the dairy sector, as it...
Dairy News
Calves coming from the national dairy herd have the potential to a be part of low carbon profitable beef systems....
Dairy
Semex sales manager for Northern Ireland, John Berry, is confirming that freshly-calved dairy cows are, for the most part, in...
Agri-Business
Macra has strongly condemned the “shocking practices” involving dairy bull calves shown during an RTÉ Investigates programme last night (Monday,...
Dairy Technical
The introduction and use of the economic breeding index (EBI) on dairy farms can only be described a success. Recent...
N.Ireland
Sexed straws now account for almost 80% of Ai Services (Northern Ireland) Ltd.’s semen sales into the dairy sector, and...
Dairy Technical
The overall pregnancy rate for sexed semen on Irish dairy farms is now at 59%, compared with conventional artificial insemination...
Dairy Technical
The focus on many dairy farms is starting to shift towards the breeding season, with most farmers making the final...
Dairy Technical
Sexed semen has very much been the talk of dairy breeding for the last number of years and this likely...
Dairy Technical
Many dairy farmers’ minds are beginning to shift towards the breeding season and making the final selection of bulls that...
Dairy Technical
Many farmers have already started to look at catalogues for breeding 2023 and in some cases, have selected their bulls....
Dairy News
Ireland now has a second sexed semen lab, which is based in the national cattle breeding centre (NCBC) lab in...
Dairy Technical
Discussions are taking place on the possibility of opening a new sexed-semen lab in the National Cattle Breeding Centre (NCBC)...