Dairy
For the breeding season, submission rates and good conception rates are essential for an optimal six-week in-calf rate.
As the breeding season edges closer, it is best to understand milk urea levels' impact on the fertility of your herd and pregnancy rates.
As we enter into the final few weeks before the breeding season, it is crucial that cases of lameness are kept to a minimum.
N.Ireland
Breeding season is fast approaching, and although the use of artificial insemination (AI) grows year-on-year, stock bulls still have...
Cows on the vast majority of farms have spent much longer in the shed than was expected by most,...
The use of a synchronisation programme may be a good option for dairy farmers this breeding...
The use of a synchronisation programme may be a good option for dairy farmers this breeding season. A programme can be used on the heifer..
The breeding season is fast approaching and getting cows grazing continues to be a significant...
As the breeding season approaches on farms, it is important that you begin preparations and ensure that everything is ready for the planned...
On farms where calving begins in mid-January, there will now be calves between nine and 10-weeks-of-age, and it may be time to...
Lameness is an ongoing issue on many dairy farms. Despite control measures, cases will still...
All good things must come to an end, so it is now time to pull the bull and end the breeding season...
In recent years, due to expansion and the end of quotas, herd size on farms has stabilised. Because...
The last few weeks have seen sheep farmers very active and keen to get a hold of ewe lambs - as thoughts turn to the breeding season....
Most spring-calving dairy herds typically start breeding in early May, so by now most farmers should have completed four weeks of Artificial Insemination.
A compact lambing period is what many sheep farmers strive for every year; however, in some cases,...
By now, the breeding season will have kicked off on many dairy farms across the country. So if...
Preparations for the breeding season are more than likely underway on many dairy farms across the...
Sheep
Coming into the sheep breeding season, farmers around the country will be analysing their flock, to...
With the breeding season only a few weeks away, it's an ideal time for farmers to analyse their...
Carrying out a check-up on a ram 10 weeks before mating begins will leave enough time for any necessary treatments or replacement rams to be sourced, according to Darryl Boyd.
