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Picking the perfect bull team
Aidan Brennan
Aidan Brennan looks at some of the key criteria when picking a bull team for use on dairy herds this spring.
Picking the perfect bull team
ICBF updates sire advice and TB data
17 March 2025 Spring AI
ICBF updates sire advice and TB data
New addition to sire advice has potential to save dairy industry €2.2m, writes Kevin Downing from the ICBF.
Next Generation Herd version 2.0
12 March 2025 Spring AI
Next Generation Herd version 2.0
Teagasc are re-launching the next generation herd, this time with Jersey crossbred cows and comparing stocking rates writes Aidan Brennan.
Bull selection is critical for good results
It makes more sense to use a good bull as an average or below average one when going to the trouble of AI, writes Aidan Brennan.
12 March 2025 Spring AI
Sexed semen and beef AI on the up
The increased use of sexed dairy semen and beef AI on the dairy herd has offset the decline in conventional dairy AI.
12 March 2025 Spring AI
Olcastletown Mojo tops the Active Bull List
Aidan Brennan looks at the bulls on the Active Bull List for 2025 and discusses some of the key changes for 2025.
12 March 2025 Spring AI
Critical time for animal health
Aidan Brennan looks ahead to what is contained in the special focus on spring animal health.
26 February 2025 Animal Health
Irish Holstein Friesian Association and Cows.ie launch innovative campaign
The Irish Holstein Friesian Association and Cows.ie are collaborating to drive a significant initiative aimed at dairy stock breeders for the 2025 breeding season.
5 February 2025 Pedigree
Gearing up for 1.6m births in three months
This week’s focus inside the Irish Farmers Journal is all about preparing for calving over the next few weeks.
15 January 2025 Breeding & health
High EBI females hotly sought after at Kealy dairy dispersal
Nevan McKiernan reports from Jamie and Lorraine Kealy's on-farm dispersal sale in Co Carlow.
15 January 2025 Breeding & health
Four-month-old dairy heifer calf sells for £31,000
Nevan McKiernan reports from the Sizzler Select online sale of dairy heifers.
7 January 2025 Pedigree
There’s new blood on the Cavan dairy scene
James and Sandra Smith are new entrants to dairy farming and built a new 10 unit Dairymaster parlour on their farm in Cavan.
1 January 2025 Dairy Equipment