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breeding 2025

When should you be 'pulling the bull' this breeding season?

Dairy

5 months ago

When should you be 'pulling the bull' this breeding season?

The final few weeks of the breeding season have arrived and farmers need to decide on the best time...

ICBF: What are the most-used bulls so far this year?

Dairy

5 months ago

ICBF: What are the most-used bulls so far this year?

As we are now over halfway through the year and the breeding season on many dairy farms has well...

Bull safety tips as more let out to herds this breeding season

Dairy

5 months ago

Bull safety tips as more let out to herds this breeding season

As bulls go out to mop up and serve repeat cows and cows yet to be served, bull safety needs to...

Milk recording: Better breeding decisions, milk solids and SCC

Dairy

5 months ago

Milk recording: Better breeding decisions, milk solids and SCC

The uptake of milk recording among farmers seems to be growing every year as it leads to better...

Considerations when wrapping up AI and letting stock bulls out

Dairy

5 months ago

Considerations when wrapping up AI and letting stock bulls out

A couple of weeks into the breeding season, a lot of farmers will begin to wrap artificial...

Dairy

5 months ago

Lameness: Roadways and infrastructure around breeding

Without good roadways and grazing infrastructure on dairy farms, grass utilisation is going to be...

Lameness: Roadways and infrastructure around breeding

Dairy

5 months ago

Grass quality, reseed progress and finishing up AI in Co. Cork

At a recent Teagasc/Dairygold farm walk in Co. Cork, dairy farmer Tim Leader highlighted how he has...

Grass quality, reseed progress and finishing up AI in Co. Cork

Dairy

5 months ago

Cow flow and avoiding congestion on roadways during breeding

As the breeding season progresses and oestrus activity hopefully begins to settle down, farmers...

Cow flow and avoiding congestion on roadways during breeding

Dairy

5 months ago

Dairy Focus: Keeping breeding simple but effective in Co. Tipperary

At a recent Teagasc/Dairygold farm walk in Co. Tipperary, dairy farmer Mark Lonergan highlighted...

Dairy Focus: Keeping breeding simple but effective in Co. Tipperary

Dairy

5 months ago

Foot bathing cows to limit lameness around breeding season

Foot bathing is often only done when cows are fully indoors during the winter months, as most...

Foot bathing cows to limit lameness around breeding season

Dairy

5 months ago

How many replacement heifers do you need to breed on your farm?

In light of the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation's (ICBF's) statistics on the shortage of dairy...

How many replacement heifers do you need to breed on your farm?

Dairy

6 months ago

Breeding: How are submission rates looking three weeks in?

As we approach the fourth week of May, many farmers will be three weeks into their breeding season...

Breeding: How are submission rates looking three weeks in?

Dairy

6 months ago

Consistency in energy intakes needed for embryo survival

As the breeding season continues, the brunt of the work will be getting cows served and in-calf,...

Consistency in energy intakes needed for embryo survival

Dairy Technical

6 months ago

Breeding: Keeping up with heat detection and submission rates

We are now well into the breeding season for many farmers, which means that heat detection and...

Breeding: Keeping up with heat detection and submission rates

Dairy

6 months ago

Sexed semen: What time is optimal for insemination?

We are now into the breeding season and, for the majority of dairy farms, sexed semen usage is...

Sexed semen: What time is optimal for insemination?

Dairy

6 months ago

Heat detection refresher as breeding underway on dairy farms

As the breeding season kicks off for most dairy farmers around the country, heat detection is going...

Heat detection refresher as breeding underway on dairy farms

Dairy

6 months ago

High submission & conception rates needed for six-week in-calf rate

With a number of farmers having already started their breeding season, and many more following suit...

High submission & conception rates needed for six-week in-calf rate

Dairy

6 months ago

Late calvers: Is a synchronisation programme the best option?

The beginning of the breeding season is here and often farmers ask what protocol they should adopt...

Late calvers: Is a synchronisation programme the best option?

Dairy

7 months ago

Roadways and surfaces need to be maintained ahead of breeding

Lameness poses serious threat to cow's health and welfare and, as we move into May, roadways and...

Roadways and surfaces need to be maintained ahead of breeding

Dairy

7 months ago

Genomic selection to increase feed efficiency and breeding resilience

A session around cow genetics and technologies to drive resilience through breeding was held at the...

Genomic selection to increase feed efficiency and breeding resilience

Dairy

7 months ago

Lameness: Cannot afford to have too many cases ahead of breeding

As we enter into the final few weeks before the breeding season, it is crucial that cases of...

Lameness: Cannot afford to have too many cases ahead of breeding

Dairy

7 months ago

Increased emphasis on milk seems to be the trend in sire selection

The 2025 breeding season is only around the corner and sire selection so far this year seems to...

Increased emphasis on milk seems to be the trend in sire selection

Dairy

7 months ago

Breeding: What criteria are farmers using to select sires?

Agriland spoke with a number of artificial insemination (AI) companies about the criteria being...

Breeding: What criteria are farmers using to select sires?

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