Dairy
The 2025 breeding season is only around the corner and sire selection so far this year seems to have a strong emphasis on milk...
Agriland spoke with a number of artificial insemination (AI) companies about the criteria being selected for sires this breeding season...
The mating start date is getting very close now for any autumn calving herds and it is important to to be selecting sires for your...
Dairy Technical
The breeding season just around the corner many farmers will have selected their sires or are in the final stages of bull team selection.
There are a number of jobs that farmers can be completing on their farms over the coming weeks before housing gets underway.
Dovea Genetics and Lely Center Mullingar host a breeding focused farm walk on the farm of the Callan family.
Many farmers have begun to look at catalogues for breeding 2023 already and in some cases selected bulls already.
Autumn is a busy period on dairy farms: Autumn-calving herds are preparing for calving and spring-calving herds are preparing for drying off.
Sire selection is a crucial aspect of herd management that sufficient time needs to be allocated to.
Beef
The breeding season is fast approaching and decisions made in the coming weeks could have a lasting impact on the look of your herd.
