Speaking at the Irish Grassland Association’s dairy conference, Margaret Kelleher of the ICBF said this statistic was “staggering”.
SUBSCRIBER ONLYMeath dairy farmer John Gilsenan, who held a Lakeland Dairies farm walk this week, is on this edition of My Farming Week.
This week's Beef Management takes a look at breeding indoors, sexed semen use, injection site management and looking after first calving heifers.
A combination of greater use of sexed semen, increased beef sire selection and reduced births is underpinning reduced births to dairy sires.
Spotting an opening in the market, Martin Tumilty has moved from rearing stores to producing high-quality suckler replacements on his Co Down farm. Kieran Mailey reports.
Jessica Pollock runs a split calving dairy herd on the family farm outside Castlederg in Co Tyrone.
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Adam Woods previews what’s inside this week’s autumn breeding focus.
Adam Woods previews the Certified Irish Angus stand at the 2024 National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co. Laois
The lab will produce sexed dairy and beef genetics for both Irish and global customers.
The reality is the leakage of productive land out of the food and farming sector is moving into the energy sector.