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Farmer Writes: round one of grazing done
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I did another grass walk last week and I was pleasantly surprised to have a growth of 41kg per day. Fingers crossed it stays increasing, writes Padraig Callanan.
10 April 2024 Breeding
Big variation in synchrony success
Conception rate to AI services on heifers after progesterone-based synchrony programmes is mixed, writes Aidan Brennan.
10 April 2024 Pedigree
Winston wins all in Nenagh
Shanon Kinahan was in Nenagh Mart today for the Irish Hereford Breed Society spring show and sale.
Do cow collars improve fertility?
Aidan Brennan looks at some recent data from over 2.4m cows in New Zealand which assessed fertility performance in herds with and without automated heat detection systems.
10 April 2024 Breeding
Top heat detection aids for breeding 2024
With breeding likely to commence in a month’s time for many spring-calving suckler herds the attention should now turn to heat detection.
3 April 2024 Breeding
Every ending is a new beginning
There's a new commercial manager at Munster Bovine.
27 March 2024 Dealer
€20/calf dairy-beef scheme now open
The scheme will pay dairy farmers €20/calf for using high-DBI straws and bulls.
21 March 2024 Young stock
Big drop in dairy inseminations
The trends are due to more sexed semen being used, more beef semen being used and a levelling off in herd expansion.
13 March 2024 Spring AI
Top 10 AI sires of autumn 2023 announced
With roughly 20% of all calves born in the second half of 2023 sired by AI sires, Shanon Kinahan takes a look at the top 10 sires used, according to the ICBF.
7 March 2024 Pedigree
Stock bulls losing out to DIY AI
Co Tyrone dairy farmer Jessica Pollock is in her third year of using DIY AI.
6 March 2024 Farmer Writes
What SCEP changes mean for your suckler herd
Adam Woods has a recap of SCEP and what the recent changes mean for participants in the programme.
6 March 2024 Breeding & health
My Farming Week: Jennie Aherne, Towerhill, Cappamore, Co Limerick
Jennie Aherne farms 80 acres with her family in Co Limerick. The farm converted from dairy to beef in 2008.
6 March 2024 News