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Northern Ireland
High returns from good dairy genetics
David Wright
David Wright reports from the AgriSearch conference held in Armagh on Tuesday
9 April 2025 Breeding
IP rights to have long-term implications
Aidan Brennan says that while the impact of the new intellectual property rights will have a relativly small impact this year, it will have long term implications.
9 April 2025 News
1,500ha Mexican dairy farm hits the market
The large-scale dairy enterprise Tecnología Ganadera Tropical is based in the Campeche state and comes with professional management and an AFS breeding multiplication programme.
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News
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Contracting
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Farm machinery
Non-stop baling keeps Galway contractor moving
Motors
Toyota’s new Land Cruiser is desirable but expensive too
Renewables
Carlow's new slurry creamery – what’s in it for farmers?
Breeding 2025 is just around the corner
Adam Woods previews what’s inside this week’s special beef breeding focus
2 April 2025 Beef breeding
EU takes another step towards allowing gene editing
The European Council has made some progress on rules surrounding new genomic techniques and the growing and sale of plants produced by these in Europe.
30 March 2025 News
Green light for hill sheep breeding funding
Funding of €650,000 has been awarded for Oviflock – a project aiming to lay the foundation for genetic improvement in the Irish hill sheep flock.
26 March 2025 Breeding & health
Issues remain over new IP rights for bulls – IFA
Both the IFA and ICMSA have reservations about the plans to impose terms on selling some of their bull’s progeny to other AI companies.
26 March 2025 News
IFA says issues still to be addressed on AI companies’ IP plans for bulls
The IFA president warned that farmers should pay close attention to the terms and conditions of any contracts they are being asked to sign by AI companies.
25 March 2025 News
Spring feeding Q&A with Teagasc experts
There is renewed interest in feeding cows well this spring, Teagasc experts Aisling Claffey and Joe Patton look at the requirements for cows this spring and at peak
19 March 2025 Grass & feeding
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.
17 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.
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