The most used sires on dairy farms – year to date in 2025
What are the most popular dairy and beef sires used in dairy herds, year to date in 2025? Below is a…
What are the most popular dairy and beef sires used in dairy herds, year to date in 2025? Below is a…
Suckler herds signed up to the HerdPlus service recently received their 2025 Beef Calving Statistics report. This report gives a comprehensive…
The current level of weight recording on dairy herds is low and it’s an area for improvement. Higher levels of data…
The Commercial Beef Value (CBV) and the benefit that it can have has received much coverage over the last few months.…
Robin Talbot farming in partnership with his wife Anne and mother Pam, runs a large 220-cow, Autumn calving suckler and beef…
Cow’s Own Worth (C.O.W.) is an award-winning culling support tool for Spring calving, and milk recording herds. The C.O.W. combines multiple…
Joseph McCrohan, based in Reenard near Caherciveen in Co. Kerry, operates a 20-cow suckler herd made up of Limousin, Saler, and…
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) wishes to inform farmers and industry partners that the next genetic evaluation will be published…
Congenital abnormalities are those that are present at birth. In cattle, it is estimated that 0.5%–1% of calves are affected by…