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Prepare for a productive breeding season with expert advice on herd health, genetics, and bull management.
Considering the way calf prices are this spring, dairy farmers must be aware of what buyers are looking for in dairy-beef calves. With breeding only around the corner and calf sale...
With breeding kicking off on many farms in just over two weeks’ time, industry leaders are emphasising the key messages that will help ensure a successful season. Munster Bovine ho...
Nowadays all the talk ahead of the breeding season is about artificial insemination (AI) and sexed semen, but we cannot forget about the stock bull. With the advancements in breedi...
By Dr Trywell Muzerengi – Artificial insemination is fast becoming a cornerstone of modern animal farming, giving producers a practical way … Continue reading "How Artificial Insem...
As the last of the cows calve down, identifying any high cell count ones will be critical in the lead-up to the breeding season. With much of the herd reaching peak lactation, farm...
Considering how advanced breeding has got, it is easy to get so caught up in statistics and what is being bred to what, so much so that we forget about embryo survival. When it com...
A number of boosters may be required ahead of breeding, as vaccinations play an important role on dairy farms. Booster vaccination for leptospirosis (lepto) and bovine viral diarrh...
Agriland spoke with a number of artificial insemination (AI) companies about the criteria being selected for sires this breeding season and what the trends were. We are officially...
When selecting bulls this breeding season, it’s worth looking at how you can use milk traits to drive farm profitability. The vast majority of Irish dairy farmers are paid on A+B-C...
Breeding is now underway on a lot of farms across the country, but there are still plenty of non-bulling cows in the herd that will have to be dealt with. These ‘problem cows’ can...
Understanding the equine breeding season will help maximise your mare’s chance of pregnancy.Equine breeding season occurs in the spring and summer. It is during this time that mare...
If you are looking to tighten your calving pattern, take a page from the Hession brothers outside Tuam, Co. Galway. On their 260-cow, spring-calving farm, synchronisation has trans...
A first-ever study into northern beef cattle gestation length has found that the trait has high heritability, with few environmental influences.
Most well-run suckler herds producing replacement heifers will focus closely on the key management areas of these replacement heifers from birth to breeding. Improving overall suck...
A new chapter in livestock breeding innovation is unfolding in Ireland with the introduction of SpermVital technology, a Norwegian-developed advancement that promises tosignificant...
Breeding is well and truly underway, with many farms half way through their artificial insemination (AI) programmes already. There is not too many straws left to be ordered, but is...
The European Parliament has agreed on the bloc’s first set of rules governing animal welfare that will cut out harmful breeding and ownership practices. The vote came in with 558 i...
Breeding is well underway now, yet not too many fields you look into will have stocks bulls out yet, as the majority of farmers go with artificial insemination (AI) in the early se...
K-State beef cattle experts discuss how probability and genetic selection shape herd outcomes.
Vaccinating for bluetongue prior to breeding “can give ultimate protection”, according to the Animal Health and Welfare Northern Ireland (AHWNI). With breeding season now underway...
Calf castration and disbudding are procedures routinely carried out to aid management and protect long-term animal welfare, but what techniques are available, legal and most approp...
By Dr Trywell Muzerengi Artificial insemination is no longer just lab talk. For Zimbabwean farmers, it’s becoming a practical way … Continue reading "Test Tubes Over Bulls: AI Is C...
In recent years, the Australian Brahman Breeders Association has waged a war on discounts for cattle heading into Australian feedlots. Its main weapon – data.
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