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  • Table: Beef sires for dairy cows on APB recommended bull list
  • Why are more dairy farmers using Sire Advice this breeding season?
  • Industry Experts Share Thoughts on Sire Landscape

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Table: Beef sires for dairy cows on APB recommended bull list

The ABP Food Group Advantage Beef Programme’s farm liaison team have put together a list of recommended beef-breed sires for use on dairy cows. The list has been made available ahe...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Why are more dairy farmers using Sire Advice this breeding season?

The ICBF HerdPlus tool uses herd data to deliver tailored dairy and beef artificial insemination (AI) matings, helping farmers maximise genetic gain and long‑term profitability. Wh...

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bloodhorse.com /1 month ago

Industry Experts Share Thoughts on Sire Landscape

The List: An Update and Review of the Top 25 General Sires List Rankings

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Top 75 bulls on the Active Bull List are all Irish-bred

According to the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF), the top 75 bulls on the ICBF Dairy Active Bull List are all Irish-bred for the first time in the programmes history. The d...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Breeding the ideal dairy-beef calf this season

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...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Using Charolais bulls on dairy cows for past two decades

The use of continental breed sires such as Charolais on dairy cows has become more popular in recent years, as dairy farmers push to maximise the value of the beef progeny from the...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

How your milk cheque affects breeding decisions

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...

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agriland.ie /12 hours ago

What breeding trends are AI companies seeing?

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...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Turning every calf into value: The NCBC dairy-beef advantage

In today’s dairy systems, every calf must add value to the herd. At Beechfield Farm in Mallow, Co. Cork, John Fitzgerald, his daughter Orla and son-in-law Vincent Hennessy have bui...

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agriland.ie /2 weeks ago

Beef focus: Less common sire breeds effective on Laois suckler-beef farm

Based in Ballybrophy, Co. Laois, Thomas Carroll is a suckler, beef and tillage farmer running Parthenaise and Piedmontese breeding bulls with his suckler herd. Approximately 40 suc...

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beefmagazine.com /3 weeks ago

Dairy cows play a growing role in Beef Month

Even as dairy herds have become fewer and more specialized, they support beef production through market calves and cull cows.

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Revolutionising fertility in livestock

A new chapter in livestock breeding innovation is unfolding in Ireland with the introduction of SpermVital technology, a Norwegian-developed advancement that promises tosignificant...

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brownfieldagnews.com /1 month ago

The beef-on-dairy advantage many don’t talk about

The nation’s beef herd has not grown, but raising beef-dairy cross animals has become common, and it’s not just the price of beef that’s making the beef-dairy enterprise successful...

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beefcentral.com /1 month ago

Weekly genetics review: Beef over dairy offers opportunities, but be aware of the strings attached

Calves produced out of the dairy industry have always entering the beef supply chain. What is changing now is the scale, intent, and the sophistication of what the market expects f...

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agriland.ie /2 days ago

Major re-ranking of Active Bull List following May evaluations

The most recent evaluation of the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) Active Bull List has seen another major re-ranking. This time last year, there was quite a bit of controve...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Dairy Trade: Top price of €3,600 at Carnew Mart

The dairy trade is continuing to hold strong across the marts of Ireland this week, with prices up to €3,600 being paid. The demand remains strong for good quality milking cows, wh...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Top price of €8,000 at Emerald Expo online sale

A top price of €8,000 was given for a September-2025-born heifer during the Emerald Expo online sale which took place at the weekend. The sale – which was run by Denis Barrett Auct...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Considering cell counts ahead of breeding

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...

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agriland.ie /3 weeks ago

How this Offaly farmer fits Herefords into his dairy-beef system

The Rigney family farm at Pallas Park, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co Offaly is run by Paul Ross and his father Paul. The Rigneys are new entrants to dairying since 2020, with the farm p...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

€5,000 given at Cork Holstein Friesian Club sale

Cork Holstein Friesian Club held its annual ‘Cream of Cork’ sale over the weekend, with a top price of €5,000 achieved. The sale is different from your traditional sale where you b...

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bloodhorse.com /1 month ago

BloodHorse MarketWatch: Leading Broodmare Sires by AEI

BloodHorse MarketWatch's annual list of the top North American broodmare sires by their Average Earnings Index.

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agriland.ie /3 weeks ago

1.3 million dairy calves registered 12 weeks on from February 1

According to data from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF), over 1.3 million calves have been registered to dairy dams over the 12 weeks since February 1. The breeding seas...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Get more heifers in-calf, earlier with synchronisation and fixed time AI

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...

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beefmagazine.com /2 weeks ago

Heifer development strategies boost herd success

Proper heifer care improves fertility, reduces calving issues, and ensures productive herd performance.

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