Dairy
We are now in the sixth week of breeding, meaning a lot of farms may be wrapping up with AI and letting stock bulls out to finish the job.
Many farmers will look to begin serving repeating cows in the coming weeks. In order to maximise results, keeping momentum will be key.
Beef
Ensuring the stock bull is working effectively is the first step in getting set up for the spring 2027 calving season.
Coming into the June bank holiday a lot of farmers often stop using dairy AI, and just let the stock bulls clean up the rest.
Breeding is well underway now, yet not too many farms will have stocks bulls out yet, as the majority go with AI in the early season.
Now days all the talk ahead of the breeding season is about AI and sexed semen, but we cannot forget about the stock bull.
The final few weeks of the breeding season have arrived and farmers need to decide on the best time time to 'pull the bull' to strike...
As bulls go out to mop up and serve repeat cows and cows yet to be served, bull safety needs to come to mind and the reality is,..
Now a couple of weeks into the breeding season, a lot of farmers will begin to wrap artificial insemination and let out stock bulls to run
Coming towards the end of May, many farmers may be tempted to finish up dairy AI (artificial insemination) and let out the stock bulls...
We are now a couple of weeks into the breeding season for many dairy farmers with still little sign of a stock bull out in fields just yet...
Now that we are into the second week of May, farm safety must be at the helm as the busyness on farms is beginning to ramp up...
The use of a stock bull on dairy farms has died down substantially in recent years with the growth in artificial insemination (AI) year...
A 922kg Charolais cull cow sold for €3,000 while a Charolais stock bull over a tonne weight sold for €3,080 at two separate cattle sales...
Dairy Technical
Getting the stock bull out at the right time is crucial, as if he is let out too early, there is the possibility that there will be too many
This time of the year sees many spring-calving suckler and dairy herds in the market for a new stock bull and while some...
Breeding season has kicked off on many farms, and with that farmers using a stock bull are reminded to monitor their bull. Assuming an aver...
Dairy News
ICOS is urging farmers to ensure they genotype or only purchase genotyped bulls if applying to the new Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme.
Breeding season is fast approaching, and although the use of artificial insemination (AI) grows year-on-year, stock bulls still have a place
It is now time for the breeding of cows and heifers on Irish dairy farms to come to an end for the 2023 season.
The breeding season on many farms is coming to a close and the majority of cows and heifers should now be in calf.
Over the next couple of weeks of the breeding season, the stock bull or bulls will start to be turned out with the cows on some dairy farms.
The breeding season is underway on dairy farms, which means that the workload on farms has once again increased for dairy farmers.
