Fertility

Breeding 2025 is just around the corner

Adam Woods previews what’s inside this week’s special beef breeding focus

BEEF BREEDING 2 April 2025

News 2

MOST READ STORIES

1

2

3

4

5

Beef Management: turnout, fertiliser plans and keeping calves healthy

Beef Management: turnout, fertiliser plans and keeping calves healthy

MANAGEMENT 26 February 2025

Editorial: Teagasc report should force a rethink

Editorial: Teagasc report should force a rethink

EDITORIAL 5 February 2025

February workload starts with TB test

February workload starts with TB test

February workload starts with TB test

NORTHERN IRELAND 5 February 2025

Improving potassium fertiliser recommendations

Improving potassium fertiliser recommendations

Improving potassium fertiliser recommendations

FERTILIZERS 5 February 2025

ADVERTISEMENT

February workload starts with TB test

February workload starts with TB test

After a quiet few weeks, the workload is on the rise, write Jessica Pollock.

NORTHERN IRELAND 1 January 1970

Improving potassium fertiliser recommendations

Improving potassium fertiliser recommendations

Thomas McCarthy and David Wall from Teagasc, Johnstown Castle, Co Wexford examine the latest soil science research on potassium.

FERTILIZERS 1 January 1970

The Grass Week: comparing annual grass growth with soil samples

The Grass Week: comparing annual grass growth with soil samples

With slurry going out in parts and the first round of nitrogen a few weeks away for some, it might be worth seeing what paddocks need more TLC than others.

GRASS & FEEDING 1 January 1970

Dairy management: New Year's resolutions for dairy farmers

Dairy management: New Year's resolutions for dairy farmers

Aidan Brennan looks at soil sampling, cow body condition score and suggests some New Year's resolutions for dairy farmers.

MANAGEMENT 1 January 1970

Scope for ‘big gains’ by breeding TB resistance

Scope for ‘big gains’ by breeding TB resistance

The chief executive of AI Services spoke to the NI Institute of Agricultural Science before last week's RUAS Winter Fair.

NORTHERN IRELAND 1 January 1970

Crossbreeding delivers 35% increase in milk output

Crossbreeding delivers 35% increase in milk output

Andrew Dale has targeted milk yield, solids and fertility using a crossbreeding programme on his 120-cow dairy farm. Kieran Mailey reports.

NORTHERN IRELAND 1 January 1970

Watching for repeat breeding in autumn-calving cows

Watching for repeat breeding in autumn-calving cows

Where breeding is under way in herds that calve over August and September, keep a close eye on cows for signs of animals repeating.

MANAGEMENT 1 January 1970

Housing autumn calving cows for breeding

Housing autumn calving cows for breeding

Housing cows before breeding can improve conception rates as the herd is managed in a consistent environment with a steady diet offered daily.

MANAGEMENT 1 January 1970

SPONSORED

New for 2025: Syngenta enters grassland market with CASPER ®

Syngenta Ireland recently launched CASPER®, a new broadleaved weed herbicide for newly sown and established grassland.

New for 2025: Syngenta enters grassland market with CASPER ®