Dairy Technical
Breeding season: What criteria is being used to select sires?
The breeding season is just around the corner and many farmers will have selected their sires or are in the...
Sire Selection
Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Jobs to get completed in September
There are a number of jobs that farmers can be completing on their farms over the coming weeks before housing...
Dairy Technical
Farm walk: Breeding a balanced herd in Louth
Dovea Genetics and Lely Center Mullingar held a breeding-centred farm walk on the farm of the Callan family just outside...
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 Technical
Dairy advice: To-do list for September
The autumn is a busy period on dairy farms: Autumn-calving herds are preparing for calving and spring-calving herds are preparing...
Dairy Technical
Using the DBI for beef sire selection
Sire selection is a crucial aspect of herd management that sufficient time needs to be allocated to. In terms of...
Beef
Neglect reliable sires at your peril this breeding season
The breeding season is fast approaching and decisions made in the coming weeks will have a lasting impact on your...