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Textbook spring conditions in Cavan
Aidan Brennan
Aidan Brennan visits the Reilly farm in Cavan to get an update on how the spring is progressing and plans for the next few weeks.
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.
2 March 2025 News
National cattle herd over 236,000 head lower on 1 January 2025
There were over 50,000 fewer suckler cows and over 33,000 fewer dairy cows on farms compared with 12 months earlier.
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Editorial: Sucklers - Tullamore farm heifers
Tullamore farm manager, Shaun Diver is almost halfway through calving and he has 28 sucklers calved and he has 24 ‘high index, high quality, replacement heifer calves on the ground.
19 February 2025 Viewpoints
Tullamore Farm: large number of heifer calves born
Adam Woods has the latest update on Tullamore Farm and how calving is progressing.
19 February 2025 Management
Top AI firms move to protect Irish genetics
The new controls will prevent farmers selling bull calves with high EBI to other or foreign AI companies.
5 February 2025 News
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
Use of high-CBV beef AI straws up 49% in 2024
The CBV of calves born from the dairy herd has risen through the increased use of sexed semen, according to Teagasc.
29 January 2025 News
Positive indications for calf trade outlook
Cork Marts CEO designate, Jonathan O'Sullivan speaks with Tommy Moyles on how he sees the 2025 calf trade going and changing trends in the sectors.
22 January 2025 Calves
‘Staggering’ 17% of animals genotyped last year had parentage error
Speaking at the Irish Grassland Association’s dairy conference, Margaret Kelleher of the ICBF said this statistic was “staggering”.
14 January 2025 News
Lots of positivity among pedigree cattle breed societies for 2025
This week, we spoke to the pedigree cattle breed societies to get their outlook for the year ahead.
14 January 2025 Pedigree
Sexed semen use set to grow further
Sexed semen use in Ireland is expected to surpass the 400,000 straws mark by 2026 according to Teagasc, writes Aidan Brennan.
21 December 2024 Management