Dairy Technical
Breeding 2024: Focus on components and health
With the calving season in sight for many dairy farmers, the breeding season for 2024 may seem a long way...
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Sheep
Advantages of managing replacements on sheep farms
While farmers are currently finishing lambs and selecting their flock for the breeding season, consideration should be given to the...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Dairy Technical
Breeding season: Top dairy sires for first 6 months of 2023 revealed
The top dairy sires for the 2023 spring-calving breeding season have been revealed by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF)....
Sheep Technical
Sheep advice: Building grass cover ahead of March lambing
Farmers planning for the upcoming breeding season may now be looking at ways to ensure they have sufficient grass cover...
Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Time to look at sires for autumn calvers
The autumn-calving season is due to get underway on farms in the coming weeks, and before that starts, farmers should...
Dairy Technical
Scanning: Time to determine how the breeding season went
The breeding season for the majority of dairy farms has come to a close and now it is time to...
Dairy Technical
Time for breeding to come to an end
It is now time for the breeding of cows and heifers on Irish dairy farms to come to an end...
Dairy Technical
Bull safety to the fore as breeding enters final stages
On farms where a stockbull is being used it is now, for the most part, running with the cows –...
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RDS Announces Opening of Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development Awards
In its sixth year, the RDS Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development Awards celebrates the work of individuals, farming families and...
Dairy Technical
What were farmers looking for this breeding season?
The breeding season is, for most, heading towards the latter end, with many farmers now turning the bull/bulls out with...
Dairy Technical
Breeding: Bull management at turn-out with cows
Over the next couple of weeks of the breeding season, the stock bull or bulls will start to be turned...
Dairy Technical
Breeding: How many chances should you give a cow?
The breeding season on most farms is moving into week five. At this point, farmers should be getting a better...
Dairy Technical
Breeding season: Don't turn out the stockbull too early
The breeding season is underway on dairy farms, which means that the workload on farms has once again increased for...
Dairy Technical
Breeding season: Assessing the first three weeks
The majority of spring-calving herds have now passed week three of the breeding season and are at a good time...
Dairy Technical
Breeding season: Preventing embryo loss in cows
Most farms are hitting the three-week mark of the breeding season and ideally, 90% of cows and 100% of heifers...
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Opti-Skim trumps calf milk replacer with newest edition
Auctus has now launched the newest edition to its calf milk replacer product range. There are now seven calf milk...
Dairy Technical
Think 'farm safety' as silage and breeding get underway
The month of May is a busy period on farms as the breeding season gets underway, along with the harvesting...
Dairy Technical
Breeding season dealing with non-cycling cows
The breeding season is now underway on the vast majority of Irish dairy farms for 2023, and for the first...
Dairy News
Calf registrations surpass 1.7 million for the year
Calf registrations have surpassed 1.7 million head for the year to date, with a total of 53,628 calves registered in...
Dairy Technical
Have you given the stockbull his pre-breeding NCT?
The breeding season has started on most dairy farms, with artificial insemination (AI) being the choice for most at this...