Dairy Technical
Before introducing your bull, should you consider beef AI
Before you consider finishing with artificial insemination (AI), it is important to determine how many cows may not yet be...
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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...
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Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Dairy Technical
ICBF outlines simple steps to manage your breeding season
With the breeding season due to start on many farms over the coming days, and with many other farms having...
Beef
What impact will the Dairy Beef Index have?
With the breeding season being just around the corner on spring-calving dairy farms, the task of sire selection will have...
Beef
Dairy Beef Index: What do calf-to-beef farmers need to know?
Something that a lot of farmers might be hearing over the next few weeks is the Dairy Beef Index (DBI)...
Dairy
New changes to be made to the dairy EBI and calving difficulty evaluations
New changes are set to be made to both the dairy Economic Breeding Index (EBI) and the calving difficulty evaluation....
Agri Politics
ICMSA warns: 'Processors must match dairy farmers' efforts on Dairy Beef Index'
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has indicated today, Wednesday, May 22, that it “accepts” the Dairy Beef Index...
Dairy
'This is not an image that we want to portray for Irish agriculture'
In light of the expanding national dairy herd and the ever-increasing amount of beef calves being generated, the Dairy Beef...
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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
Dairy Beef Index: 'Dairy farmers are sitting up and taking notice this year'
Some dairy farmers are now looking for bulls that might be “a little bit harder” calving, but are “good” on...
Beef
Spring 2019 active beef bull list ranked on Dairy Beef Index now available
The expansion in the dairy industry has resulted in more bull calves from the dairy herd coming on stream for...
