Dairy Technical
Breeding season: Picking cows for sexed semen
The focus on many dairy farms is starting to shift towards the breeding season, with most farmers making the final...
Sexed Semen
Dairy Technical
Should every herd be using sexed semen?
Sexed semen has very much been the talk of dairy breeding for the last number of years and this likely...
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Watch: Calor provides instant hot water solution for Kilkenny dairy farmer
Access to hot water is crucial to Irish dairy farms. All farms require a reliable and consistent method of heating...
Dairy Technical
Breeding season: Target the heifers for best genetic gains
Many dairy farmers’ minds are beginning to shift towards the breeding season and making the final selection of bulls that...
Dairy Technical
Breeding 2023: Sexed for the best, and beef for the rest
Many farmers have already started to look at catalogues for breeding 2023 and in some cases, have selected their bulls....
Dairy News
Ireland's second sexed semen lab now operational
Ireland now has a second sexed semen lab, which is based in the national cattle breeding centre (NCBC) lab in...
Dairy Technical
NCBC considers adding new sexed-semen lab to Naas site
Discussions are taking place on the possibility of opening a new sexed-semen lab in the National Cattle Breeding Centre (NCBC)...
N.Ireland
Demand for beef AI in Northern Ireland continues to grow
The latest statistics confirm that demand for beef AI in Northern Ireland continues to grow at an ever increasing rate....
Dairy Technical
Target heifers this breeding season
Although it is only February and the breeding season seems a long way away, many farmers will already have selected...
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Renowned sheep farming pair trust Tribamec Duo
Tribamec Duo combines Chanelle Pharma’s established products: Animec Oral solution for sheep and Tribex 5% oral suspension for sheep. The...
N.Ireland
Sexed straws account for 80% of AI company's dairy semen sales
Sexed straws now account for 80% of AI Services (Northern Ireland) Ltd.’s dairy semen sales. The company’s breeding services manager,...
Dairy Technical
National Dairy Conference: Future of dairy breeding programme
Yesterday (Tuesday November 23) marked the first day of the Teagasc National Dairy Conference, which is being held virtually. The...
Dairy Technical
Dairy breeding strategies explored by NUI survey
The use of sexed semen is likely to increase further in Ireland with the recent opening of a sexed semen...
Dairy Technical
Dairy open day: What did we learn?
The dust has now settled on the Dairy Open Day 2021 at Moorepark in Co. Cork, and now is a...
Dairy Technical
Sexed semen: How do we continue genetic gains?
Sexing Technologies recently announced that it will be opening a sexed semen lab, which will be operational from November 1,...
Dairy
Sexed semen lab for Ireland officially launched
A sexed semen lab has been officially launched in Co. Cork today (Thursday, September 9) and is set to open...
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Watch: Rugby legend on tackling resistant worms in cattle
At this time of year, many farmers are organising their animal health plan and tackling resistant worms to cover their...
Beef Technical
Using sexed semen to enhance the genetic merit of the suckler herd
From a maternal aspect, where artificial insemination (AI) is being used on the farm, the opportunity to breed the desired...
Agri-Business
Sexing Technologies to open Irish sexed semen sorting lab in November
Sexed semen tech firm Sexing Technologies will open its first sexed semen sorting lab facility in Ireland in November, the...
Dairy Technical
Guidelines for dairy farmers planning to use sexed semen
Sexed semen provides many potential advantages to dairy farmers. The most obvious and compelling reason to use sexed semen is...
Opinion
Is sexed semen the future?
I am not sure if the Irish market is large enough to justify the level of investment required to establish...